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Author Archives: Food,Photography & France
No such as a free lunch….
……but there is such a thing as very good value. This isn’t a special offer as it’s just telling it like it is. All prints on http://www.rogerstowellpictures.com start at £40.with UK delivery included. …..add £5 for European delivery and £7 … Continue reading
Badly drawn Roy would have ended in tears for Holbein….
Through the drawn curtains it was clear that dawn had drawn to a close some time ago. Drawing a deep breath, I drew back the duvet, fell out of bed and, drawing on what little remained of my heavily overdrawn … Continue reading
Posted in 2019, Art photography, Digital photography, drawing, Food and Photography, Humour, Photography, Uncategorized, website, Writing
Tagged clean draws, cowboys, cricket, drawing, drawn and quartered, draws, Henry VIII, Holbein, Humour, new website, Samarra, semantics
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Mental Arithmetic……
I have no argument with this nomenclature save that it should serve as an umbrella title for all forms of ‘metics, ‘matics, ‘metrys and ‘bras. The quantity of water displaced by two fat men in a bath would only be … Continue reading
Pain…..
Le pain quotidien….give us this day our daily pain. The spinning signs on the pavements emblazoned with PAIN in fluorescent lettering still bring a smile to my face. It would indeed be a pain to be denied my daily bread … Continue reading
Posted in 2019, Baking, bread, Cooking, Digital photography, food, Food and Photography, Food photographer, France, Humour, Uncategorized, Writing
Tagged baguettes, baking, bread, daily bread, damascene moment, pain quotidien, recipe
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WTF…..
I was following my list religiously. The washing tabs, washing up liquid and several other household items were in the trolley, their names dutifully ticked off on my list which is less of an aide memoire and more of a … Continue reading
Posted in 2019, Humour, Language, Uncategorized
Tagged accident, comedy, Humour, PA system, podcasts, Richord Pryor, Roger Stowell, Shopping, Supermarkets
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A question of toast……
I have recently been reading a novel by William Boyd in which one of the protagonists, a brilliant piano tuner, speaks of a certain sequence of chords and harmonies which, when played by a virtuoso, would, without fail, bring tears … Continue reading
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Tagged Anchovies, bandofbrothers, Capers, fast food, fried bread, good food, michaelkamen, olive oil, Preserved lemons, provencal ceramic plate, Roger Stowell, Toast
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Drawing in the garden……
With the arrival of “summer” I’ve started drawing again. In previous summers I have found that the simple pleasure of being in the garden, warmed by the sun and surrounded by colour has made me want to draw. This year’s … Continue reading
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Tagged art for sale, digital art, drawings, garden images, Gardening, graphic images, nature, olive trees, original art, Roger Stowell, wallart
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Lost in the dessert…..
I’m one of the easiest people in the world to talk to which means that it’s a rare waking moment when I and I are not chewing the fat which term is far from apposite as I and I is … Continue reading
Posted in 2019, baking, Bistro, Cooking, Creme Caramel, desserts, Digital photography, Eggs, Excellence, Food and Photography, Food photographer, Humour, Instagram, Recipes, Uncategorized, Writing
Tagged bainmarie, caramel, classic puddings, Creme Caramel, desserts, digital photography, Food photographer, food photography, France, getting it right, Instagram, living in France, mistakes, Roger Stowell, Roger Stowell Photography
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“Looking….Seeing” a photography workshop
There are, currently, a plethora of wonderful workshops that specialise in overhead shots of beautifully propped and carefully prepared and presented food……………………………. but my upcoming workshop is not one of those. The programme that I’m proposing for this workshop is … Continue reading
Posted in Digital photography, food, Food and Photography, Food photographer, France, Photography, photography course, Photography holiday, Uncategorized, Writing
Tagged delicious confection, Food photographer, food photographers, France, Humour, natural beauty, nature, outdoors, photographic media, Photography, Photography course, social networking, Summer, Vendee
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Spring break in France….
The sun is out and the skies are blue as we rush towards Spring which makes it a perfect moment to book one or two of the remaining places on my May Workshop here in the Vendée. Contact me directly … Continue reading
Posted in Digital photography, Food and Photography, Food photographer, France, Photography, photography course, Photography holiday
Tagged Big in France, digital photography, food photographers, Food Photography Workshops, France, holiday in France, Humour, instagram workshop, landscapes, natural beauty, outdoors, Photography, Photography course, photography workshop, social networking, spring break, vacation, Vendee
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