Augusta: Life, Love and Food

by Michael Cable and Jill Todd

The biography of Augusta Pires, Lino's wife, including some of her favourite Butcher's Arms recipes.

While Lino could always be found front of house as the welcoming maitre d' of the hugely successful Butcher's Arms, Augusta was busy behind the scenes supervising the kitchens and, in the early days, doing all the cooking herself. Childhood sweethearts in the remote Portuguese village where they grew up together before leaving to make their fortune here in the heart of England, theirs is both an extraordinary love story and at the same time a fascinating account of a remarkable rags-to-riches business partnership.

Available from The Butcher's Arms, Priors Hardwick, Southam, Warwicks, CV47 7SN. T: 01327 260504.

Price £20 + p&p. ISBN 978-0-9553124-2-7

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