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Category Archives: Memory
flour power….the rise and fall…
I remember buying a box of Fecule de Pomme de Terre many years ago. The very fact that I can remember this bears witness to the vagaries of an aging mind. I can’t remember if I’ve just put the kettle … Continue reading
Posted in 2018, asparagus, Baking, Cheese, Cooking, Cream, creme fraiche, Digital photography, food, Food and Photography, Food photographer, France, gratin, Humour, Memory, Parmesan, Photography, photography course, Photography holiday, Uncategorized, Writing
Tagged baking, cookery books, cooking, delicious confection, Food photographer, food photographers, France, Humour, nigel slater, palate, Photography, Photography course, recipe, social networking, Vendee, writing
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What about us grils?
I love grils don’t you mean girls what about us grils….. …this piece of remembered wisdom, scratched and biroed onto the lavatory wall of a Covent Garden bar, achieved a new and apposite meaning in our kitchen last night. Welsh … Continue reading
Posted in 2018, Baking, Cheese, cheese soufflé, Cookery Writers, Digital photography, food, Food and Photography, Food photographer, France, Google, Herbs and Spices, Humour, Memory, Miracle, Patricia Wells, Photography, photography course, Photography holiday, Recipes, souffle, Writing
Tagged baking, cheese soufflé, clear thinking, cookery books, delicious confection, digital photography, easy cheese soufflé, Food photographer, France, Humour, Miracle, palate, patricia wells, photographic media, Photography, Photography course, recipe, simple logic, social networking, Summer, Vendee, writing
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on eating alone…
I have always enjoyed eating alone in restaurants; not because I eschew the company of others but because it means I can selfishly choose foods and wines that might have to be the subject of debate and compromise were I … Continue reading
Posted in 2018, Anna del Conte, Bistro, Cooking, Cuisine bourgeoise, Digital photography, Drinks, Endive Rouge, food, Food and Photography, Food photographer, France, Humour, Italian food, Memory, Moro Restaurant and Cookbook, Olive oil, Photography, photography course, Uncategorized, wine, Writing
Tagged Anna del Conte, Belazu Balsamic, Bone marrow salad, clear thinking, cookery books, cooking, digital photography, Endives Rouges, Farringdon Rd, Fleurie chilled, France, Humour, Jamon Iberico, Manzanilla, Moro, natural beauty, Photography, Photography course, Radicchio, recipe, restaurants, Smithfield, social networking, St John, The Eagle, Vendee, writing
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that’s the whole point….
Aside from forgetting the names of people, things, places and events during conversations, which failing I have decided is probably a good thing, my memory is as good as the gear box in a rarely used classic car; hard to … Continue reading
Posted in 2018, asparagus, Boiled eggs, Cooking, Digital photography, Drinks, food, Food and Photography, Food photographer, France, Hard boiled eggs, Humour, Memory, Photography, photography course, Photography holiday, Sancerre, Seasons, Uncategorized, Wine, Writing
Tagged Asparagus, cars, food, Humour, Memory, Photography, Wine, woody Allen
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smoke and sorcery….
This morning I awoke to the scent of wood smoke; a scent so filled with memories that I wished it could somehow be preserved. On inspection it was clear that some red hot ashes, all that remained of last night’s log fire, had metamorphosed … Continue reading
Posted in 2017, apples, Calvados, cherries, Cherries in Kirsch, desserts, Digital photography, Drinks, Excellence, food, Food and Photography, Food photographer, France, Fruit, Herbs and Spices, Memory, Mirabelles, Pears, Photography, photography course, Photography holiday, Plums, Poire William, Poire William, Recipes, Uncategorized, vanilla, Writing
Tagged 60's, Alcools blanc, Breakfast, Calvados, Castel, Cherries, clear thinking, delicious confection, digital photography, food, Food photographer, France, Kirsch, Paris, Photography, Photography course, recipe, silence, simple logic, Vendee, woodsmoke, writing
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forget-me-nots…..
It doesn’t take much to make us humans gush or, indeed, to outpour. We gush or outpour at the drop of a hat or , hat dropping aside, whenever a taste, a face, a place, a smell or a moment unlocks a bitter or … Continue reading
Posted in 2017, asparagus, beetroot, Digital photography, Emotion, food, Food and Photography, Food photographer, Humour, Memory, Photography, photography course, Photography holiday, Uncategorized, Writing
Tagged clear thinking, digital photography, food, Food photographer, Humour, nature, Photography, Photography course, simple logic, social networking, writing
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what’s brown and sticky…?
Neither of the predictable answers are funny but, inexcusably, I’ve laughed at both of them although, on one of those occasions, laughter was eminently excusable as the riddle was recounted by Lee Mack who is clever enough and, more importantly, funny … Continue reading
Posted in 2017, Baking, Chocolate, Cookery Writers, Cooking, desserts, food, Food and Photography, Food photographer, France, Fruit, Google, Humour, Memory, Pear and chocolate pudding, Pear and chocolate pudding, Pears, Photography, photography course, Photography holiday, Recipes, Uncategorized, Writing
Tagged baking, chocolate and pear pudding, clear thinking, cooking, delicious confection, digital photography, food, Food photographer, France, Humour, Lee Mack, Nursery food, Photography course, recipe, Riddles, Sarcasm, Simon Cowell, simple logic, social networking, Squidgy, vacation, Vendee, writing
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hold the anchovies….
I never fail to be surprised at how many people appear have an aversion to anchovies whereas I cannot imagine being without them, in the same way that I cannot imagine being without olive oil, tomatoes, onions and garlic. If ever there … Continue reading
Posted in 2016, anchovies, Baking, Cookery Writers, Cooking, Cuisine bourgeoise, Digital photography, Emotion, food, Food and Photography, Food photographer, friendship, gigot, gratin, Humour, Margaret Visser, Meat, Memory, Olive oil, Photography, photography course, Photography holiday, Uncategorized, Writing
Tagged Anchovies, baking, clear thinking, cookery books, cooking, delicious confection, digital photography, Edouard de Pomiane, food, Food photographer, Humour, Jansson's Temptation, Margaret Visser, North South Divide, palate, Photography course, social networking, writing
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A memory of Chez Allard
Memory is a wonderful thing and I am of the opinion that it is something to be enjoyed while I still have it. On one of my recent constitutionals down that virtual lane the name of Chez Allard came … Continue reading
Posted in 2016, Andy Harris, Cooking, Cuisine bourgeoise, food, Food photographer, France, Memory, Paris, Photographic Prints, Photography, photography course, Photography holiday, Uncategorized, Writing
Tagged Bistro Cooking, Chez Allard, cooking, Duck with Olives, food, Food photographer, France, Humour, OAS, Paris, restaurants, Simply Fed, social networking, Volaille de Bresse, writing
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A life in photography….
As a preamble, that I’ve been inspired, after seeing an article about Light, a brand new technology camera company, to write a piece about my career and how it evolved through traditional analogue cameras to current digital technology to which I am in thrall. I don’t have many clear … Continue reading
Posted in 2016, Art photography, Digital photography, Dreams, fashion, Film, Food photographer, France, Memory, Photography, Photoshop, Uncategorized, Writing
Tagged 1968, clear thinking, Clive Arrowsmith, digital photography, Food photographer, France, Hasselblad, Humour, Light Camera, Nikon, Pen F, photographic media, Photography, Sinar, social networking, studio photography, writing
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Food, Photography & France 