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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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Pear booty..
Their curvaceous booty is reminiscent of a group of elderly matrons chilling on a sun kissed beach. As we know to our cost, appearances can be deceptive for this is not a remake of “Les Baigneuses” but a group of … Continue reading
Posted in 2014, Art photography, Baking, Cooking, Cuisine bourgeoise, desserts, Digital photography, food, Food and Photography, Food photographer, Fruit, Pears, Photographic Prints, Photography, photography course, Poire William, tarte tatin, tarte tatin, Uncategorized, Writing
Tagged baking, Billy Bunter, cooking, delicious confection, demerara, digital photography, food, Food photographer, Humour, Les Baigneuses, palate, Pate Brisee, Pears, Photography, Photography course, Poire William, recipe, tarte tatin, William Bunter of Greyfriars School, writing
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The first cut is the deepest…and often the best..
This is a simple and delicious recipe from the pen of Patricia Wells. Enjoy.
Posted in 2013, Art photography, Baking, Bistro, cake, Cooking, Cuisine bourgeoise, desserts, Digital photography, Drinks, Eau de vie, Eggs, food, Food and Photography, Food photographer, France, Fruit, New Year, Patricia Wells, Pears, Photography, photography course, Photography holiday, Poire William, Recipes, Writing
Tagged baking, Bistro Cooking, cake, cooking, delicious recipe, food, food photographers, France, mastering the art of french cooking, New Year, patricia wells, Photography, writing
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Myrhh balls…
The sun today has been smothered under a dull, damp, grey cushion leaving the world silent and lifeless. I have the feeling that nature is in mourning, and with every reason as it feels as though the kind has been … Continue reading
Posted in Art photography, Baking, Bistro, cake, Chocolate, Christmas, Cookery Writers, Cooking, desserts, Digital photography, Emotion, Excellence, food, Food and Photography, Food photographer, France, French countryside, harmony, Humour, Landscapes, Myrrh, Patricia Wells, Pears, Photography, photography course, Photography holiday, Poire William, Uncategorized, Weather, Writing
Tagged baking, Christmas, food, food photographers, France, landscapes, misty morning, modest beauty, outdoors, patricia wells, photographic media, Photography, sweet pastry
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En ymmärrä! or have you played Scrabble in Finnish?
I’m no stranger to the Finnish Scrabble board so I should be better at it by now. It’s a game that I don’t intentionally join because its complexity is such that the Glass Bead Game would be as simple as … Continue reading
Posted in baking, Chocolate, Chocolate Pear Macaroon, Cooking, desserts, Digital photography, Eau de vie, food, Food and Photography, Food photographer, France, Macaron, Macaroon, Mary Cadogan, Pears, photography course, Photography holiday, Poire William, Poire William, Quincy, Recipes, Red Cabbage, St Joseph, Wine, Writing
Tagged glass bead game, scrabble players, snakes and ladders
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Food, Photography & France 