Category Archives: Moro Restaurant and Cookbook

Of cabbages and coings….

Posted on November 7, 2012 by

The quinces had been sitting around for too long. They were a gift, and although not equine, I felt that I should not be looking at them in the mouth. Is it only mad people who write proverbs? Many a … Continue reading →

Posted in 2012, Art photography, Cheese, Cooking, Digital photography, Expectation, food, Food and Photography, Food photographer, Fruit, Humour, Manchego, Mediterranean food, Membrillo, Moro Restaurant and Cookbook, Photography, photography course, Photography holiday, Quince, Recipes, Retsina, Sam & Sam Clark, Spain, Spanish cookery, Still life, Tome de Montagne, Wine, Writing | Tagged , , , | 43 Comments

Another bad meal at Restaurant Television….

Posted on April 5, 2012 by

I’m beginning to experience a previously unknown frisson of excitement each time I turn  on the television in the evening. We have entered a golden era of extended choice of viewing which bears an uncommon resemblance to an embossed leather … Continue reading →

Posted in Baking, Cooking, cous cous, Digital photography, Flatbread, Food and Photography, Food photographer, hypocrisy, Moro Restaurant and Cookbook, photography course, Photography holiday, Sam & Sam Clark, Writing | 33 Comments

Brown soup in the ring, da di da di da…

Posted on March 9, 2012 by

Unusually for a photographer I very much like cookery books without photographs. Photographs of food can be very misleading in that the reader may assume that the image on the page reflects the recipe writer’s view of the intended appearance … Continue reading →

Posted in Chick peas, Colman Andrews, Cooking, Digital photography, Food and Photography, Food photographer, Moro Restaurant and Cookbook, photography course, Photography holiday, Sam & Sam Clark, Soup, Spanish cookery, spinach, sweet paprika, Writing | Tagged , , | 33 Comments

Travels with my tongue….

Posted on March 1, 2012 by

  My favourite journeys to the Middle East are made through flavour and aroma which choice precludes the frustrations, expense and inconvenience of travel. Jean des Esseintes, the hero of J.K.Huysmans’ novel “A rebours“, had a similar disenchantment with the mechanics of travelling. … Continue reading →

Posted in aubergine, Chick peas, Digital photography, Food and Photography, Food photographer, Moro Restaurant and Cookbook, photography course, Photography holiday, Pumpkin and chickpea salad, Sam & Sam Clark, Tahini, Vegetables, Writing | Tagged , | 30 Comments

Friday night, and Saturday morning

Posted on December 12, 2011 by

There’s nothing funny here, Roger, I thought. Waking up on Saturday morning in a strange bed to the sound of unfamiliar breathing made me realise that I was the victim of my own unbelievable stupidity. Thinking back, I should have … Continue reading →

Posted in apricots, Baking, Chocolate, Cooking, desserts, Food and Photography, Moro Restaurant and Cookbook, photography course, tart, Uncategorized, Writing | 22 Comments

Patatas a lo Pobre or Spanish Spud I Like…..

Posted on August 31, 2011 by

We without ovens salute you. Like gladiators constrained inside our given disciplines, the cuisine of La Moussiere will be confined to the heat of the hob for the next few weeks. Roast is toast. There will be no more crisp … Continue reading →

Posted in Cooking, Digital photography, Dill, food, Food and Photography, Moro Restaurant and Cookbook, Photography, Photography holiday, Pine Nuts, potatoes roasted in goose fat, Spanish cookery, summer, Writing | 14 Comments