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smoke and sorcery….
This morning I awoke to the scent of wood smoke; a scent so filled with memories that I wished it could somehow be preserved. On inspection it was clear that some red hot ashes, all that remained of last night’s log fire, had metamorphosed … Continue reading
Posted in 2017, apples, Calvados, cherries, Cherries in Kirsch, desserts, Digital photography, Drinks, Excellence, food, Food and Photography, Food photographer, France, Fruit, Herbs and Spices, Memory, Mirabelles, Pears, Photography, photography course, Photography holiday, Plums, Poire William, Poire William, Recipes, Uncategorized, vanilla, Writing
Tagged 60's, Alcools blanc, Breakfast, Calvados, Castel, Cherries, clear thinking, delicious confection, digital photography, food, Food photographer, France, Kirsch, Paris, Photography, Photography course, recipe, silence, simple logic, Vendee, woodsmoke, writing
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the 3 R’s..
Resolve, recant, regret….and the greatest of these three is regret…. but only until the second mouthful if the cake is good enough. We of the human race are generally rubbish (the forgotten R) at keeping our promises to which a quick glance at divorce … Continue reading
Posted in 2015, apples, Baking, cake, Calvados, Cookery Writers, Cooking, desserts, Digital photography, Drinks, food, Food and Photography, Food photographer, France, Fruit, Humour, One Apple Cake, Patricia Wells, Photography, Recipes, Uncategorized, Writing
Tagged baking, clear thinking, cookery books, cooking, delicious confection, digital photography, food, Food photographer, France, Humour, palate, patricia wells, Photography, recipe, social networking, The 3 R's, writing
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Cream…..
The car is filled with the warm scent of freshly baked bread as I make the return journey from the boulangerie, snaking through barely moving walls of corn and sunflowers that skitter the light of this late summer morning on the surface of the empty … Continue reading
Posted in 2014, apples, Baking, Bistro, Calvados, Cookery Writers, Cooking, Cream, creme fraiche, Cuisine bourgeoise, desserts, Digital photography, Drinks, Eggs, food, Food and Photography, Food photographer, France, Fruit, Golden Apple Tart, Patricia Wells, Photography, photography course, Recipes, tart, Writing
Tagged baking, Bistro Cooking, Boulangerie, clear thinking, cookery books, cooking, cream, delicious confection, digital photography, food, Food photographer, France, Humour, Late Summer, natural beauty, outdoors, patricia wells, Photography, Photography course, recipe, Summer, Sun flowers, sweet pastry, vacation, Valle d'Auge, Vendee, writing
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