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on eating alone…
I have always enjoyed eating alone in restaurants; not because I eschew the company of others but because it means I can selfishly choose foods and wines that might have to be the subject of debate and compromise were I … Continue reading
Posted in 2018, Anna del Conte, Bistro, Cooking, Cuisine bourgeoise, Digital photography, Drinks, Endive Rouge, food, Food and Photography, Food photographer, France, Humour, Italian food, Memory, Moro Restaurant and Cookbook, Olive oil, Photography, photography course, Uncategorized, wine, Writing
Tagged Anna del Conte, Belazu Balsamic, Bone marrow salad, clear thinking, cookery books, cooking, digital photography, Endives Rouges, Farringdon Rd, Fleurie chilled, France, Humour, Jamon Iberico, Manzanilla, Moro, natural beauty, Photography, Photography course, Radicchio, recipe, restaurants, Smithfield, social networking, St John, The Eagle, Vendee, writing
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brown sugar, how come you taste so good….*
A pudding as addictive as this is not for the abstemious nor for those who would eschew excesses of sugar and fat. This is phat….hot and tempting, dripping with butter and soft brown sugar, born out of a lasciviously lazy … Continue reading
Posted in 2017, Baking, Cooking, Cuisine bourgeoise, desserts, Digital photography, Food and Photography, Food photographer, France, Fruit, Pear Tatin, Pears, Photography, pizza oven, Recipes, tarte tatin, tarte tatin, Uncategorized, Writing
Tagged baking, clear thinking, cooking, digital photography, food, Food photographer, France, natural beauty, palate, Photography, Photography course, recipe, simple logic, social networking, sweet pastry, writing
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another bloody pudding….
Zombie families roam the streets of social media whilst the TV screens in our homes are awash with life size images of intestines being drawn from the bowels of a recusant Catholic*and to follow there is always the not … Continue reading
Posted in 2017, baking, Baking, Bistro, Cooking, Cream, creme fraiche, Cuisine bourgeoise, desserts, Food and Photography, Food photographer, France, Fruit, Photography, photography course, tart, tarte tatin, tarte tatin, Uncategorized, Writing
Tagged baking, delicious confection, digital photography, food, Food photographer, food photographers, France, Humour, palate, Photography, recipe, simple logic, social networking, sweet pastry, 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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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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lunch…alone…
“…lost to almost everything but a vague sense of jam and idleness”* Although, pace Maggie Tulliver, in my case “jam” was supplanted by “lunch”. This perfectly conceived emotion had caught my imagination as I was reading last night and had come flooding back … Continue reading
Posted in 2017, Cuisine bourgeoise, Digital photography, Drinks, Eggs, Excellence, food, Food and Photography, Food photographer, France, Humour, oeufs meurette, Photography, photography course, Photography holiday, poached eggs, Uncategorized, Writing
Tagged clear thinking, cookery books, cooking, delicious confection, digital photography, food, Food photographer, France, George Eliot, Humour, literature, Mill on the Floss, oeufs meurette, Photography, Photography course, recipe, writing
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Summer food photography course with Roger Stowell and Olia Hercules…
The sun pouring in through my office window this morning makes me think of summer and reminds me that in June, in partnership with Big in France, I’ll be running a food photography course together with one the brightest of the burgeoning stars … Continue reading
Posted in 2017, clay oven, Cooking, Cuisine bourgeoise, Digital photography, food, Food and Photography, Food photographer, France, French countryside, Landscapes, Photography, photography course, Photography holiday, Photoshop, pizza oven, Still life, Uncategorized, Vendee, Writing
Tagged cooking, digital photography, food, Food photographer, France, Olia Hercules, outdoors, Photography, Photography course, red wine, restaurants, social networking, Summer, vacation, Vendee
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hold the anchovies….
I never fail to be surprised at how many people appear have an aversion to anchovies whereas I cannot imagine being without them, in the same way that I cannot imagine being without olive oil, tomatoes, onions and garlic. If ever there … Continue reading
Posted in 2016, anchovies, Baking, Cookery Writers, Cooking, Cuisine bourgeoise, Digital photography, Emotion, food, Food and Photography, Food photographer, friendship, gigot, gratin, Humour, Margaret Visser, Meat, Memory, Olive oil, Photography, photography course, Photography holiday, Uncategorized, Writing
Tagged Anchovies, baking, clear thinking, cookery books, cooking, delicious confection, digital photography, Edouard de Pomiane, food, Food photographer, Humour, Jansson's Temptation, Margaret Visser, North South Divide, palate, Photography course, social networking, writing
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A memory of Chez Allard
Memory is a wonderful thing and I am of the opinion that it is something to be enjoyed while I still have it. On one of my recent constitutionals down that virtual lane the name of Chez Allard came … Continue reading
Posted in 2016, Andy Harris, Cooking, Cuisine bourgeoise, food, Food photographer, France, Memory, Paris, Photographic Prints, Photography, photography course, Photography holiday, Uncategorized, Writing
Tagged Bistro Cooking, Chez Allard, cooking, Duck with Olives, food, Food photographer, France, Humour, OAS, Paris, restaurants, Simply Fed, social networking, Volaille de Bresse, writing
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a bunch of whoppers….
Big ones, small ones, some as big as your head. Radishes have an unmistakable affinity with untruths or, as they’re more commonly known, lies. Good ones are well formed and attractively packaged in bunches which seductive combination is irresistible, even if you don’t know … Continue reading
Posted in 2016, Cuisine bourgeoise, Digital photography, food, Food and Photography, Food photographer, France, Humour, Photography, radishes, Shopping, Uncategorized, wine, Writing
Tagged clear thinking, delicious confection, digital photography, food, Food photographer, France, Humour, natural beauty, nature, Photography, simple logic, social networking, Vendee, writing
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