Category Archives: pasta

Je mange bien tous les jours ……a further episode in which the duck gets it.

Posted on April 6, 2013 by

Being born a duck is amongst the shortest straws to be drawn in the creation stakes. There you are, a handsome beast, or babe, with a cool beak, great coloured feathers, top swimmer, ace diver and aerobatic ace:  but, and … Continue reading →

Posted in 2013, aubergine, Broth, Celeriac, Chicken, Confit de canard, Cookery Writers, Cooking, desserts, Digital photography, Duck, Eggs, Fish, fish cookery, Fish stock, Flat parsley, food, Food and Photography, Food photographer, France, Herbs and Spices, Kitchens, Laurence Mery-Clark, Meat, Mediterranean food, oeufs a la neige, ouefs a la neige, pasta, Photography, photography course, Photography holiday, poached eggs, Poultry, Recipes, Salmon, Vegetables | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 29 Comments

Je mange bien tous les jours…..another week of good food.

Posted on March 19, 2013 by

Les oeufs meurette are an intense combination of eggs, lardons, mushrooms, shallots, garlic and red wine that has the power to revive me when I’m not at my best. It has nothing to do with the wonderful recipes from Laurence … Continue reading →

Posted in 2013, Baking, bream, Cookery Writers, creme fraiche, Cuisine bourgeoise, Digital photography, Eggs, Fish, Fruit, Health, Illusion, Indolence, Laurence Mery-Clark, Liver, Money for nothing, Oeufs meurette, offal, pasta, Pear Clafoutis, Pears, Photography, photography course, Photography holiday, Recipes, Stephane Reynaud, Vegetables, Virtual, Weather, Writing | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 41 Comments

Driving out the black dog………..

Posted on September 12, 2011 by

The black dog is abroad on such a day as today, which has been so remorseless in its doleful gloominess that the arrival of evening has been a sweet relief. As darkness falls the lights go on and the warmth … Continue reading →

Posted in anchovies, apples, baking, bread, broccoli, chillies, Cooking, Digital photography, food, Food and Photography, France, Italian food, pasta, Photography, photography course, Photography holiday, puff pastry, Wine, Writing | 10 Comments

Great expectations……

Posted on August 28, 2011 by

I’ve managed successfully not to take a food picture for the last three days, which is unusual as I am running a food photography course, details of which feature in the Up Front News in the latest issue of “Jamie” … Continue reading →

Posted in artichokes, aubergine, Cooking, Digital photography, food, Food and Photography, Jamie Oliver, pasta, Photography, Photography holiday, summer, Writing | 14 Comments

I say “potato” and you say “something I don’t understand”…..

Posted on August 25, 2011 by

It’s early and the world outside my window, which is very quiet and still, is softly lit by a morning sun that promises a good day. Looking at the calendar and realising that we are fast approaching the end of … Continue reading →

Posted in Cooking, Digital photography, food, Food and Photography, Italian food, pasta, peaches, perfect day, Photography, Photography holiday, prawns, summer, Writing | 12 Comments

Thoughts before a day of cooking..

Posted on August 19, 2011 by

It truly looks as though it will be sunny today. Each morning I religiously look at the weather icons, displayed on my computer screen in glowing technicolour, from the multitude of regional weather forecasts available to me and I have … Continue reading →

Posted in baking, Cooking, Digital photography, food, Food and Photography, France, Italian food, olives, pasta, Photography, Photography holiday, spaghetti al cartoccio, summer, Wine, Writing | 13 Comments

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

A healthy tagliatelle dragged up from the vaults.

Posted on August 3, 2011 by

Recent days have been a blur of fun, cooking and family. However, this leaves very little time to quietly compose posts along the theme of “Dear Diary”, as my recovery time is not what it was. In the quiet of … Continue reading →

Posted in broad beans, Cookery School in France, Cooking, Digital photography, food, Food and Photography, France, Mary Cadogan, pasta, Photography, Photography holiday, summer, tagliatelle, Writing | 11 Comments

News of the Blues and Red Pepper pasta…

Posted on July 13, 2011 by

“In days of old a glimpse of stocking was thought of as something shocking, now Heaven knows, anything goes”. My earliest memories of the News of the World, or News of the Screws as it was popularly known, was as … Continue reading →

Posted in Cooking, Digital photography, food, Food and Photography, Italian food, pasta, Photography, Photography holiday, Writing | 4 Comments

Parmigiana al Melanzane or tales of a non traveller…

Posted on July 9, 2011 by

I must be amongst the worst travellers in the world. It may be that I’m not really a traveller at all as I only seem to have visited hotels and not the countries themselves. Thus South Africa, America, India and … Continue reading →

Posted in Cooking, Digital photography, food, Food and Photography, Italian food, pasta, Photography, Photography holiday, summer, tomatoes, Writing | 6 Comments