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Category Archives: Childhood memories
neither having nor eating one’s cake…..
The depths of my childhood deprivation have only recently become apparent. Unlike the majority of happy baby boomer children who enjoyed Pineapple Upside Down (PUD…perfect acronym) Cake at the end of every joyous Sunday lunch of their idyllic childhoods I … Continue reading
Posted in 2017, Baking, cake, Childhood memories, Cooking, creme fraiche, desserts, Digital photography, food, Food and Photography, Food photographer, France, Humour, Photography, Pineapple Upside Down Cake, Recipes, Uncategorized
Tagged baking, BBC Good Food, clear thinking, cooking, delicious confection, digital photography, food, Food photographer, food photographers, France, Humour, palate, Pineapple Upside Down Cake, social networking, Summer, sweet pastry, Vendee, writing
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grape shot….
My mind was elsewhere as the sharp knife in my hands surgically removed the seeds from a large bunch of putative “seedless” grapes. I was reflecting on whether Beulah’s response to her mistress Mae West’s request for a peeled grape … Continue reading
Posted in 2017, baking, Childhood memories, Cooking, Cuisine bourgeoise, desserts, Digital photography, Eggs, food, Food and Photography, Food photographer, France, Fruit, Good luck, grapes, Humour, Lait Cru, Luck, Milk, Photography, tart, tarte aux raisins, tarte aux raisins, UHT, Uncategorized, Writing, yolks
Tagged baking, cooking, delicious confection, digital photography, food, Food photographer, food photographers, France, grape tart, Humour, Lait Cru, mastering the art of french cooking, Milk, natural beauty, palate, photographic media, Photography, Photography course, raw milk, recipe, simple logic, social networking, sweet pastry, tarte aux raisins, writing
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a question of taste….
Ronald Searle’s “Molesworth” books, of which I was a devotee when at prep school, often featured, among their wildly stylised illustrations, an image of what appeared to be a solid speckled cake like wedge, known as “seed cake”, and which … Continue reading
Posted in 2016, apples, Baking, cake, Childhood, Childhood memories, Cookery Writers, Cooking, Digital photography, food, Food and Photography, Food photographer, Hazelnuts, Humour, Nigel Slater, Pear & Hazelnut Cake, Pears, Photography, photography course, Recipes, Uncategorized, Writing
Tagged baking, cake, clear thinking, cookery books, cooking, Crumble topping, delicious confection, digital photography, food, Food photographer, Humour, Nigel Molesworth, nigel slater, palate, Pear & Hazelnut Cake, Photography course, recipe, Ronald Searle, Seed Cake, social networking, sugar, writing
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on a round trip…
The seemingly endless summers of my childhood have made a welcome return. Maybe not the very same ones, but there are moments when a particular combination of sensations takes me clearly back in time. I have found that the station … Continue reading
Posted in 2016, Art photography, Childhood memories, Digital photography, food, Food and Photography, Food photographer, France, Fruit, Memory, peaches, Photography, Uncategorized, Writing
Tagged clear thinking, cool, digital photography, endless summer, fizzy drinks, food photographers, France, Shakespeare, sherbet, social networking, Sting, Summer, Vendee, writing
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immaculate deception…….
This white eggplant has a slightly unnerving beauty in that it appears artful rather than useful and, depending on the particular beholder’s eye through which we are beholding, either toxic or exotic. It just doesn’t declare itself. Looks aside, I have … Continue reading
Posted in 2016, Art photography, aubergine, Childhood memories, Digital photography, Eggs, food, Food and Photography, Food photographer, France, harmony, Photography, Uncategorized, Writing
Tagged ballot election, clear thinking, Dennis the Dachshund, digital photography, France, Humour, Larry the Lamb, Lolita, Mother Goose, Mr Growser the Grocer, Mr.Mayor the Mayor, Photography, self elected, simple logic, social networking, Toytown, writing
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Claude’s plums
My love for Claude’s plums is a love which can indeed say its name and, should there be any doubt about that, I shall be happy to shout it from the rooftops. I say this safe in the knowledge that … Continue reading
Posted in 2016, Childhood memories, Digital photography, Excellence, Expectation, food, Food and Photography, Food photographer, France, Fruit, Humour, Memory, Photography, Reine Claude, Uncategorized, Writing
Tagged clear thinking, damson, digital photography, disappointment, food, Food photographer, France, gag reflex, greengages, Humour, natural beauty, Photography, Reine Claude, simple logic, social networking, Victoria plum, writing
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never mock a turtle….
Having been in it too many times, soup and I have seen the best and worst of each other. Soup follows us through the seven ages of our lives from the first toothless food experience of puréed baby food to the penultimate … Continue reading
Posted in 2016, Childhood, Childhood memories, Cooking, Digital photography, Elizabeth David, food, Food and Photography, Food photographer, France, Humour, Photographic Prints, photography course, Photography holiday, Uncategorized, Writing
Tagged Brown Windsor, clear thinking, cookery books, cooking, delicious confection, digital photography, Elizabeth David, food, Food photographer, food photographers, Francatelli, France, Heinz Tomato soup, Humour, Muligatawny, Oliver Twist, palate, Photography, Photography course, Shakespeare, simple logic, social networking, soup, travel, writing
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Shell shock…..
During my lifetime the word “simple”, or should I say its inference, has become the antithesis of that which I originally understood. My schooldays were passed in those halcyon days before society had become so cowed by the pinched face … Continue reading
Posted in 2016, apples, baking, Bistro, Childhood, Childhood memories, Cookery Writers, Cooking, cous cous, Cuisine bourgeoise, desserts, Digital photography, Excellence, food, Food and Photography, Food photographer, France, harmony, Humour, Pate Brisee, Patricia Wells, Photographic Prints, Photography, photography course, Photography holiday, Recipes, Stephane Reynaud, tart, tarte fine aux pommes, Writing
Tagged baking, clear thinking, cookery books, cooking, Daytime TV, delicious confection, digital photography, food, Food photographer, France, Humour, patricia wells, PC, perambulating gargoyles, Photography, Photography course, recipe, Recipes, shells, simple logic, snails, social networking, sweet pastry, writing
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a cake named Roger….
My mother once had a Pekinese dog whose given name was Brownie. As she did not have a memory for names she may well not have known that. I’m not sure whether this was because her mind was full of other much … Continue reading
Posted in 2015, Baking, Brownies, Brownies, Childhood, Childhood memories, Chocolate, Cooking, Digital photography, food, Food and Photography, Food photographer, Garden, Humour, Illusion, Photographic Prints, Photography, Reality, Recipes, Uncategorized, Writing
Tagged baking, clear thinking, cookery books, cooking, delicious confection, digital photography, food, Food photographer, Humour, palate, Photography, recipe, social networking, writing
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getting up….
Warm scented early mornings with bare feet on smooth tiles are the longed for moments. Like childhood summer holidays each day is fraught with the fear of this contentment passing, of being returned to the pleasant from the sublime. The hot night has … Continue reading
Posted in 2015, apricots, Breakfast, Childhood memories, Cooking, Emotion, food, Food and Photography, Food photographer, France, Garden, Gardening, melons, Photography, summer, Uncategorized, Writing
Tagged Breakfast, clear thinking, cooking, digital photography, food, Food photographer, France, natural beauty, nature, outdoors, Photography, social networking, Summer, writing
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Food, Photography & France 