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Category Archives: 2014
une belle horizontale….
Of the phrases that exemplify the quality of French as a diplomatic language few can compare with “belle horizontale” as a well turned euphemism for an “expensive tart” and there is no doubt that the eponymous Tarte au Citron Cartet, … Continue reading
Posted in 2014, 2017, Baking, Cooking, creme fraiche, desserts, Digital photography, Eggs, France, Humour, Lemon tart, lemons, Paris, Patricia Wells, Photography, photography course, Recipes, tart, tarte au citron cartet, tarte au citron cartet, Uncategorized, Writing
Tagged baking, belle horizontale, Bistro Cartet, clear thinking, cookery books, cooking, delicious confection, digital photography, food, Food photographer, France, Humour, palate, Paris, patricia wells, Photography, Photography course, Recipes, restaurants, simple logic, social networking, sweet pastry, Tarte au citron, writing
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On not eating the Dalai Lama….
Over the past few days it has been a rare moment when there has not been a bottle in front of me which state of affairs is, according the joke in many a Christmas cracker, infinitely preferable to a frontal lobotomy. I … Continue reading
Posted in 2014, Digital photography, food, Food and Photography, Food photographer, France, Humour, Ile d'Oleron, oysters, Photographic Prints, Photography, photography course, Prints, seafood, Uncategorized, wine, Writing
Tagged clear thinking, Crackers, Dalai Lama, digital photography, food, Food photographer, France, Humour, Lobotomy, natural beauty, nature, oysters, palate, Photography, Photography course, Walrus and the Carpenter, writing, Yuletide
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It’s not big, it’s quite funny but it’s not clever…
….but it is our Christmas tree. Happy Christmas to you all:)
I say kinell, you say quenelle[kə.nɛl])…
The skull and cross bones would be an ideal pennant for the carnivorous pike. Several feet of scaly flesh surmounted by a fierce head made monstrous by a mouthful of stilettos gives ample credence to this fanciful title. It will come as … Continue reading
Posted in 2014, Cooking, Crayfish, Cuisine bourgeoise, Digital photography, Excellence, Fish, food, Food and Photography, Food photographer, Photographic Prints, Photography, photography course, pike, seafood, Uncategorized, Writing
Tagged Charcuterie Sibilia, Colette Sibilia, cookery books, cooking, delicious confection, digital photography, food, Food photographer, France, Les Bouchons de Lyon, Les meres de Lyon, Lyon, mastering the art of french cooking, Photography course, Pike, Quenelles, Quenelles de Brochet, recipe, restaurants, sauce nantua, Sibilia, stilettos, tamis, writing
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Smokin’…
Surgeon General is an confusing title as it suggests that a general may be in the business of saving lives rather than extinguishing them. This is particularly evident in his stern admonition, printed on each and every packet of cigarettes, that smoking … Continue reading
Posted in 2014, Baking, Cheese, Cookery Writers, Digital photography, Eggs, Fish, fish cookery, food, Food and Photography, Food photographer, Humour, Mary Cadogan, Patricia Wells, Photographic Prints, Photography, photography course, Recipes, smoked haddock, Smoked Haddock Tart, tart, Uncategorized, Writing
Tagged baking, clear thinking, cookery books, cooking, delicious confection, digital photography, food, Food photographer, Humour, Mary Cadogan, Miracles, palate, patricia wells, Photography course, recipe, Smoked fish, Smoked Haddock, Smoking, Surgeon General, sweet pastry, Withnail, writing
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The drizzle, it drizzleth every day …..
The time has come for the fire to be lit in the daylight hours rather than at dusk. I use the term “daylight” loosely as “daygrey” would be more pertinent, both in luminance and mood. This is cake weather, where cake … Continue reading
Posted in 2014, Baking, cake, Christmas, Coffee, Cookery Writers, Digital photography, food, Food and Photography, Food photographer, Humour, Lemon Drizzle Cake, Memory, Photography, photography course, Raymond Blanc, Recipes, Uncategorized, Writing
Tagged baking, cake, Childhood memories, Chinese whispers, clear thinking, cooking, delicious confection, digital photography, food, Food photographer, Humour, mastering the art of french cooking, Photography, Photography course, Recipes, writing
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a day called Sun….
Cooking, reading and taking pictures in the warm sunlight that fills the kitchen on this quiet Sunday morning is as close to worship as my soul currently needs to approach. Bubbling pans and knives on wood combine with muffled snippets … Continue reading
Posted in 2014, apples, Baking, Cooking, crumble, Cuisine bourgeoise, desserts, Digital photography, Fish, Fish cakes, fish cookery, food, Food and Photography, Food photographer, France, Fruit, Humour, Photographic Prints, Photography, photography course, Uncategorized, Writing
Tagged clear thinking, cooking, delicious confection, digital photography, Fish cakes, food, Food photographer, Humour, looking down the nose, palate, Phone ins, Photography, Photography course, restaurants, Sunday lunch, Talk shows
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Glum rock..
I confess that I had been feeling like a hound dog for some days, crying all the time. Not tears of woe but tears of fucking desperation as it had become apparent to me that my new internet server had … Continue reading
Posted in 2014, Bistro, Bouchon, Cheese, Cooking, Cuisine bourgeoise, Digital photography, Dreams, Eggs, Excellence, Fish, food, Food and Photography, Food photographer, France, Humour, Memory, Oeufs meurette, Photographic Prints, Photography, photography course, Uncategorized, Wine, Writing
Tagged Bouchons, clear thinking, cookery books, cooking, digital photography, dreams, food, Food photographer, France, GUM, Hound dog, Humour, Lyon, Photography course, restaurants, writing
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on becoming Ken Dodd….and other recipes…
On taking stock of things, I never seem to have enough. More precisely, I never seem to have enough of the things of which I would like an excess. Money, hair and teeth would come high on the list although, … Continue reading
Posted in 2014, Baking, Childhood, Cooking, Cream, Cutlery, Digital photography, Eggs, Expectation, food, Food and Photography, Food photographer, France, goat cheese, Humour, Illusion, Jam, Memory, Photographic Prints, Photography, photography course, Prints, Still life, tart, Uncategorized, Writing
Tagged baking, clear thinking, cooking, delicious confection, digital photography, dilletante, food, Food photographer, France, Humour, huntsmen, Ken Dodd, myopic, Ottolenghi, Photography, Photography course, Props, school reports, stylists, tutorial criticism, writing
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If there are no Incas available, string up an onion……
I’m beginning to suspect that La Moussiere may have been a far flung outpost of the Inca empire. Although the name Atahualpa is not as common in the neighbourhood as I would have expected, there is a common thread that … Continue reading
Posted in 2014, Art photography, Digital photography, food, Food and Photography, Food photographer, France, Humour, onions, Photographic Prints, Photography, photography course, Uncategorized, Vegetables, Writing
Tagged Atahualpa, clear thinking, digital photography, food, Food photographer, France, gold, Humour, Inca empire, Incas, La Moussiere, Photography course, string, writing
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Food, Photography & France 