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Author Archives: Food,Photography & France
darkly sweetly madly…..
” …we’re in the soup” ” in a bit of a stew” “there are too many cooks” “the salt has lost its savour” “it only takes one rotten apple” “our goose is well and truly cooked”. Being that the cooking … Continue reading
Posted in 2017, baking, Cookery Writers, Cream, desserts, Digital photography, Humour, Nigel Slater, Photography, photography course, Plum and raspberry lattice pie, Plums, raspberries, Recipes, tart, Uncategorized, Writing
Tagged baking, clear thinking, cookery books, delicious confection, digital photography, food, Food photographer, France, Humour, literature, natural beauty, nigel slater, palate, Photography, Photography course, recipe, social networking, sweet pastry, writing
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juggling on radio…..
A blindfolded man is given a glass of dark beer to taste. He tastes the beer, licks his lips and nods in approval at which point the blindfold is removed causing the subject of the tasting to smile and say … Continue reading
Posted in 2017, aubergine, aubergine, Cheese, Cookery Writers, Cooking, Cream, Cuisine bourgeoise, Digital photography, Eggs, Excellence, food, Food and Photography, Food photographer, France, goat cheese, Mediterranean food, Photography, Photography holiday, Rachel Roddy, Recipes, Richard Olney, Ricotta, ricotta gratin, tomato, tomatoes, Uncategorized, Vegetables, Writing
Tagged aubergine, cookery books, delicious confection, digital photography, food, Food photographer, France, gratin, Guinness, Humour, mastering the art of french cooking, palate, photographic media, Photography, Rachel Roddy, recipe, Richard Olney, ricotta gratin, Simple French Food, simple logic, social networking, Summer, tomato, writing
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several hours before the mast ……
As an archivist I would make an excellent document shredder. I have been a professional photographer for 50 years yet, from the paucity of hard evidence confirming that boast, it would be easier to believe that there is intelligent life … Continue reading
Posted in 2017, Art photography, Drinks, Excellence, Excess, fashion, Humour, lifestyle, Uncategorized, Writing
Tagged Advertising, clear thinking, Daily Mail, digital photography, Femail, natural beauty, outdoors, Photography course, sailing, social networking, writing
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I think I’ve heard this one before…..
Eating outside at night is clear evidence of summer; being comfortable and warm whilst eating outside is clear evidence of a perfect summer night. It only takes one forgetful old man repeating a well worn story for the umpteenth time … Continue reading
Posted in 2017, Art photography, Cheese, Digital photography, France, Fruit, grapes, Humour, Photography, photography course, Prints, Reblochon, Still life, Uncategorized, Writing
Tagged clear thinking, digital photography, food, Food photographer, France, Humour, Reblochon, simple logic, social networking, Summer, writing
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keeping a lid on it…
I dislike fridge door stickers a lot. They, like limpets on a boat’s bottom, appear out of nowhere and multiply. Fridge door stickers, limpets and flies may well come from the same family. Summer time is indeed here and … Continue reading
Posted in 2017, Cheese, Cooking, courgette, Courgette, Digital photography, Eggs, food, Food and Photography, Food photographer, French countryside, Herbs and Spices, Parmesan, parmesan frittata, Photography, photography course, Recipes, Salad, Still life, Thyme, thyme, Uncategorized, Writing
Tagged clear thinking, cooking, delicious confection, digital photography, Flies, food, Food photographer, France, Fridge door stickers, Frittata, Humour, recipe, Retiarius, Seraglio, social networking, Summer, writing
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the man from Marseille…
Our local supermarket’s male employees tend not to be slim, suntanned and, above all, smiling; nor do they wear their hair in the mini ponytail once popular with hipsters and now de rigueur with rugby players but yet there he … Continue reading
Posted in 2017, baking, Cheese, Cookery Writers, Cooking, Digital photography, food, Food and Photography, Food photographer, France, Humour, Jane Grigson, Mediterranean food, Mozzarella, mozzarella and tomatoes, Olive oil, olives, Parmesan, pastry, Pesto, Photography, Provence, Recipes, tart, tart of tapenade, Uncategorized, Writing
Tagged baking, clear thinking, confit d'ail, delicious confection, digital photography, food, Food photographer, France, Humour, Jane Grigson, Marseille, patricia wells, Photography, Photography course, recipe, social networking, Summer, Tapenade, the Great Blondin, Vendee, writing
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What to do with a pear….
In the words of Edward Izzard “…pears can fuck off..”; so often, as with apricots, who can also fuck off, this advice proves to be invaluable to the shopper who yearns to be satisfied by one fruit or another. How … Continue reading
Posted in 2017, Cookery Writers, Cooking, desserts, Digital photography, food, Food and Photography, Food photographer, Fruit, Pears, Photography, Recipes, Uncategorized, Writing
Tagged Beaujolais, clear thinking, cookery books, cooking, delicious confection, digital photography, Eddie Izzard, food, Food photographer, France, Humour, Pears, Photography course, Poached pears in Beaujolais, recipe, Rowley L, social networking, Summer, Vendee, Wine, writing
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on the different speeds of fast food….
There are few months of the year which I don’t consider to be the very best time for cooking as I’m more than content to cook with each season’s offerings. On reflection, the only times when I am not happy … Continue reading
Posted in 2017, Basil, Cooking, courgette, food, Food and Photography, Food photographer, France, Humour, Mediterranean food, Photography, photography course, Photography holiday, Rachel Roddy, summer, Uncategorized, Vegetables, Writing
Tagged Antipasti, Basil, clear thinking, cooking, Courgettes, digital photography, Dragon's Den, fast food, food, Food photographer, France, Humour, Lemons, Photography course, Rachel Roddy, social networking, Summer, writing
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