Some cheese and bread

A guest appearance from Uncle Patrick

On March 16, 2015 by battenburgbelle

I’m way behind again – work does seem to get in the way of real life at the moment. Anyway, I’m going to go backwards and try to catch up with myself. If that...

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French onion soup

Two soups…

On February 25, 2015 by battenburgbelle

It’s been a busy couple of weeks, so soup has been much in evidence at Battenburg Towers, leading me to cast my mind back to this fabulous Victoria Wood sketch: Genius! I’m glad...

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Crab salad in a bed of endive

Beef in Barolo (or not)

On February 6, 2015 by battenburgbelle

Clearly the picture above is not of beef.  I flicked through the Claudia Roden book again and decided to try her Beef in Barola for our chums last weekend. Actually it was beef...

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The view from the terrace

Battenburgbelle’s reluctant return from France

On September 12, 2014 by battenburgbelle

It’s always tricky coming back down to earth after a holiday and three weeks chilling in the south of France was a perfect summer as far as I am concerned (Missy B managed...

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George Innes' Coconut Chicken Curry

An Accidental Dinner Party

On August 9, 2014 by battenburgbelle

It’s that time of year – so when I asked Angus and Clive to dinner, there was only one evening available between our respective work commitments and holidays. The invitation escalated to a...

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