Category Archives: strawberries

Strawberry fields…..

Posted on August 28, 2012 by

I never miss the flavour of strawberries out of the strawberry season, but whilst that season lasts, and this year it appears to be lasting forever, it is likely that there will be in our house a china bowl full … Continue reading →

Posted in 2012, Art photography, desserts, Digital photography, Food and Photography, Food photographer, John Lennon, photography course, Photography holiday, strawberries, Strawberry Fields, Writing | 40 Comments

Le Rouge et Le Noir… or the long and the short of it.

Posted on August 13, 2012 by

Gypsy has at last spared me a precious nanosecond in which to accomplish her portrait. She may well have fundamentalist leanings as her head is covered most of the time as it is buried in the ground digging for freedom … Continue reading →

Posted in 2012, Caviar, Chicken, Cooking, creme fraiche, Digital photography, Doggerel, Dogs, food, Food and Photography, Food photographer, France, Fruit, Humour, Lumpfish, Man's best friend, Photography, photography course, Photography holiday, Poodles, Still life, strawberries, tomatoes, Uncategorized, Writing | 32 Comments

Give peas a chance..

Posted on July 17, 2012 by

When all is said and done, which moment has certainly never occurred in this household or in my memory of saying and doing things. I dread reaching the point where “all is said”, and with the rate of attrition of … Continue reading →

Posted in Cooking, Cream, Digital photography, Eton Mess, food, Food and Photography, Food photographer, Fresh peas, Fruit, Pea Pods, Peas, Photography, photography course, Photography holiday, strawberries, Strawberries and cream, Uncategorized, Writing | 41 Comments

Not so much Eton Mess ….more of a raspberry.

Posted on March 6, 2012 by

The white cup, containing six egg whites, had been trying to attract my attention for a couple of days. Sweet pastry and lemon fillings tend to create a supply of nascent soufflés and meringues by dint of the phrase “take … Continue reading →

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Strawberry fields forever.

Posted on September 6, 2011 by

The strawberry season has come to an end, for most of us. This is not the case in my neighbouring farmer’s kitchen vegetable garden. These berries have steadfastly ignored the arrival of what appears to be an early autumn. Row … Continue reading →

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New look to our digital photography holidays, in France, for food lovers.

Posted on August 15, 2011 by

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Posted in Digital photography, food, Food and Photography, Italian food, Mediterranean food, monkfish, pasta, pastry, Patricia Wells, Photography, Photography holiday, radishes, sea salt, seafood, Serrano ham, strawberries, tomatoes, Vendee, Writing | 6 Comments

Second string strawberries save the day.

Posted on August 2, 2011 by

The supermarket strawberries that were bought as replacements for the weak willed artisanal berries, that had fallen at the first hurdle, showed their frail brethren how to get down and dirty with a warm fleshed Charentais melon, and this was … Continue reading →

Posted in desserts, Digital photography, food, Food and Photography, France, strawberries, summer, Writing | 9 Comments