Tea Party

Another tea party for the Battenburg extended family

On April 17, 2015 by battenburgbelle

Grandpa Battenburg has reached the grand old age of 80 years, so we had an Easter tea party to celebrate (with wine, rather than tea, as you can see). Grandpa B didn’t want...

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A Battenburg and a Boston Cream Pie

Let them eat cake

On April 4, 2015 by battenburgbelle

It seemed to come round mighty quickly again – I am referring to the highlight of the year that is the Muswell Hill and District Horticultural Society Spring Show. Work seems to be...

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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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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 Book Group

10 Glorious Years

On September 30, 2014 by battenburgbelle

Astonishingly it has been a decade since we convened our book group – it all started back when our girls were at nursery school together and we remembered that we could read grown-up...

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