Food Fit for a Princess (and other Sapphire Princess Guests)

Have you followed news of Charlotte Elizabeth Diana Mountbatten-Windsor’s birth two days ago?  Isn’t it fun to have a new princess at Kensington Palace?! Well, I suppose Kate won’t “let them eat cake” but will be feeding Baby Charlotte with the finest of milk for quite a while.  However, it did occur to me that the food on the Sapphire Princess  seemed fitting for a princess, or a prince, or all of us for that matter!  While we were on our cruise, we especially looked forward to dinner every night, and we were never disappointed.  From irresistible breads  to unusual appetizers,  soup (ya, this was a stuff-of-dreams cold apricot cream soup!) salad (notice all the anchovies on this Caesar salad!),  antipasto (and Alan definitely has an Italian stomach),  main course (“Surf and Turf” anyone?) and dessert (chocolate and peanut butter…does it get any better?) …Alan and I never had a disappointing dish the entire time!  Besides being delicious, the servings were wisely apportioned  so that you could try many different dishes without overeating  (with care; most nights I only ate a bite of Alan’s bread & dessert).   One day we took a galley tour and got a little insight into how one of the world’s largest cruise ships serves over 10,000 fabulous meals every day! As one who’s loved to cook since childhood and delights in trying new recipes,  I was totally dazzled by the difficulties and organizational genius of our executive chef, Raggie Saldanha,  and more than a little thrilled when Alan let me  buy a copy of Princess Cruise Line’s 50th Anniversary Cookbook  featuring favored recipes from around the world.  Next time you visit, just ask, and I’ll try one for you!  Next to none of us will ever have the privilege of living at Kensington Palace,  and not many will even have the pleasure of taking a Princess cruise,  but all of us are invited to the marriage supper of the Lamb.  Do you know what that is?  It’s a special celebration that God’s planning for all his children, where we’ll be united forever with Jesus and live in his Father’s “palace,” heaven!  Would you like to come? “And he saith unto me, Write, Blessed are they which are called unto the marriage supper of the Lamb. And he saith unto me, These are the true sayings
of God” (Revelation 19:9). “But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name.”
(the name of Jesus Christ, God’s son, John 1:12)