My lovely chum Peter Fuller, curator of Vincent Price Legacy UK sent a very detailed report on his testing of the Roddy McDowall recipe so I’m going to post it here in full.  I was having a conversation with Battenburg Belle over lunch about poached pears on Sunday, so it feels timely. I love the...

It’s a month of firsts. I’ve never poached a pear before… But I have now… Vanilla pudding mix is not something we have here in the UK, so many moons ago I asked my friend Heather to bring me back some from a trip to the USA.  After I’d got it, it sat in a...

I love red cabbage and I made some of this to accompany the Corinne Griffith’s duck that we had at Mr R’s place over the festive season (recipe of the month January 2015 if you fancy trying it…) The day I decided to make it I saw a post over at My Custard Pie about...