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Category Archives: Still life
Cracks start to show in cake security..
The picture above clearly illustrates the shortcomings of the cake safe. Having made a cake, I place it on a cake stand under the cake dome where it will be free from the ravages of mice, should there be one. … Continue reading
Posted in 2013, Baking, cake, Cooking, Cream, Digital photography, Eggs, food, Food and Photography, Food photographer, Humour, Phantom, Photography, photography course, Photography holiday, Still life, Uncategorized, Writing
Tagged bad manners, baking, Cake dome, cake stand, Cake theft, clear thinking, cooking, delicious confection, digital photography, food, Food photographer, food photographers, France, hopeless task, Humour, Jam, Photography course, Ride of the Valkyries, sheltered life, social networking, Tolerance, valkyries, Victoria Sponge, Vietnam, writing
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A jolly good egg…..
Another encounter with the scanner has shown me that the gift of giving can permeate the mind of even the meanest spirited electronic brain. It was as though I had encountered the reanimated, fully epiphanised Scrooge, in mechanical form, cheerily … Continue reading
Posted in 2012, Art photography, Christmas, Digital photography, Eggs, Emotion, Expectation, Food and Photography, Food photographer, France, Humour, Memory, Photography, photography course, Photography holiday, Religion, Still life, Three Wise Men, Uncategorized, Writing
Tagged Christmas, food, food photographers, France, Photography, writing
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Of cabbages and coings….
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 courtesans, marquis de sade, muckle, restaurants
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Shellshock
Loving to be by the seaside is all very well as long as one is not a crustacean. Being beside the sea is as much fun for them as being under the sea would be for us. How is it … Continue reading
Posted in 2012, aperitif, Art photography, Crayfish, Drinks, Excellence, Expectation, family, food, Food and Photography, Food photographer, France, Fruit, Humour, hypocrisy, Indolence, Kir, langoustines, lifestyle, Lillet, Meat, Memory, Muscadet, mussels, Mussels, oysters, Pastis, Photography, photography course, Photography holiday, prawns, Sancerre, sea urchins, seafood, Still life, Sunday, Uncategorized, Wine, Writing
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The Vinpire sees red….
Vinpire: a nocturnal creature that lives for the taste of fermented grape juice, as long as it’s red, and often finishes the evening trying to hang upside down from a beam or just falling down without making the effort of … Continue reading
Posted in 2012, Art photography, beef, Cooking, Cotes de Rhone, Digital photography, Drinks, family, Food and Photography, Food photographer, Humour, Meat, mushromm and le pie, pastry, Photography, photography course, Photography holiday, Pie, roast potatoes, Steak, Still life, Uncategorized, Vampire, Wine, Writing
Tagged duck breast, food, roasted potatoes, short crust pastry
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Always on a Sunday….
Sunday is about breakfast. If it’s done properly it can, like sex ( or so Sting says), last all day. Eating is only a part of Sunday breakfast as the spirit of the feast embraces much more. It’s to do … Continue reading
Peachy or “Isn’t she simply smashing!”
How or why do we think of something good as peachy? Golly, I just can’t think why. There are some interesting on line definitions which include “He did a bully job” and “You look simply smashing”. These definitions may have … Continue reading
Something warm and sticky…
“Save it for a….” a/ bandage to staunch a spurting arterial bleed. b/ hat to put on your head as protection against molten lava belching from Krakatoa. c/ a rainy day. It’s not easy, I know, but then again £56, … Continue reading
Posted in apples, Apricot jam, Art photography, baking, Baking, Cooking, Digital photography, food, Food and Photography, Food photographer, Fools rush in, Fruit, Garden, Google, Humour, Ingrate, Money for nothing, Photography, photography course, Photography holiday, puff pastry, Savage Breast, Still life, tart, Uncategorized, Writing
Tagged apricot jam, Money for nothing
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Quince Charming…
I could have sworn that I had saved the draft of my current post just before I set off to the shops. Not only could I have sworn but I have sworn, plumbing new depths of profanity, but in spite … Continue reading
Posted in 2012, Autumn, baking, Confit de Canard, Cooking, Digital photography, Expectation, food, Food and Photography, Food photographer, France, Fruit, Goose, Membrillo, Obsession, Photography, photography course, Photography holiday, Quince, Spike Milligan, Still life, Uncategorized, Writing
Tagged food, style, vacation
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Fast food……if you like fasting.
The peace and quiet of solitude is a great pleasure when it is chosen rather than imposed. Rain drops tapping on the window and the hum of the computer keep the silence at bay whilst ginger bread has done the … Continue reading
