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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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breaking eggs badly…the box set
As a cook, it is not unusual for me to find myself uncomfortably perched on the pointy bits of the dilemma which involves guessing an egg’s age. Not unlike ourselves, eggs of different ages behave very differently and I find that I … Continue reading
Posted in 2015, Boiled eggs, Cooking, Cuisine bourgeoise, Digital photography, Drinks, Eggs, food, Food and Photography, Food photographer, France, Hard boiled eggs, Humour, omelette, Photography, Uncategorized, wine, Writing, yolks
Tagged Caligula, clear thinking, cooking, digital photography, food, Food photographer, France, Hannibal Lector, hard boiled eggs, Henry VIII, Humour, Photography, Westward'ho, writing
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on doing one’s duty …
Whenever I hear of duty and the honour bestowed on those who, when called to it, perform it without question, I am whisked back to a much earlier time when, early each morning, I was to be found perched on a … Continue reading
Posted in 2015, Caroline Conran, Childhood memories, Cookery Writers, Cooking, creme fraiche, Cuisine bourgeoise, Digital photography, Eggs, food, Food and Photography, Food photographer, France, Herbs and Spices, meringues, omelette, Photography, raspberries, Uncategorized, Writing, yolks
Tagged clear thinking, cooking, delicious confection, digital photography, food, Food photographer, France, Humour, Molesworth, Photography, Prep school, Ronald Searle, social networking, Thring, writing
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The letter “C” is wasted on custard…
The letter C has many good connotations, some of which Nigella has allegedly tried, but this normally optimistic initial is wasted on such a lumpen sauce as traditional custard. There is an element of the English psyche that is firmly … Continue reading
Posted in 2013, apples, Baking, Childhood, Childhood memories, Cookery Writers, Cooking, Digital photography, Eggs, Emotion, Excellence, Expectation, family, food, Food and Photography, Food photographer, Humour, Memory, Photography, Prue Leith, Uncategorized, Writing, yolks
Tagged Bedfellows, class society, clear thinking, cookery books, cooking, Custard, delicious confection, digital photography, Epiphany, Everyman, food, Food photographer, foreign muck, France, Humour, Little Big Horn, Nigella Lawson, Nursery food, PG Tips, Terence Conran, The House Book, writing
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A tart for all reasons…
You may not be able to tell a book by its cover, which is why the one in picture lays open with its contents clearly revealed. The same subterfuge may certainly be said of pies. A showy paste exterior may … Continue reading
Posted in Baking, Cheese, Cookery Writers, Cooking, creme fraiche, Cuisine bourgeoise, Digital photography, Eggs, Excellence, food, Food and Photography, Food photographer, France, Herbs and Spices, leeks, Nigel Slater, nutmeg, Oude Goudse Kaas, Parmesan, Photography, potatoes, Recipes, tart, Tart of leeks and cheese, Uncategorized, Vegetables, Writing, yolks
Tagged a book by its cover, baking, clear thinking, cookery books, cooking, delicious confection, digital photography, Food photographer, food photographers, France, nigel slater, Oude Goudse, parmesan, Photography, puff pastry, Recipes, Tender Vol1, writing
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Fragile – handle with care..
The addition of the above caveat to a parcel, emotion, relationship or political situation will rarely induce the suggested care in those who are commissioned to handle it. Such a warning demands that it should be examined roughly and shaken … Continue reading
Posted in 2013, Bad Habits, Baking, Cookery Writers, Cooking, Cream, Crunchy tart of raw salmon and cream, Cuisine bourgeoise, Digital photography, Dill, Eggs, Emotion, Excellence, Fish, fish cookery, food, Food and Photography, Food photographer, France, friendship, harmony, Photography, Recipes, Salmon, tart, Uncategorized, Writing, yolks
Tagged Fragile, fragility, Handle with care, puff pastry, recipe, salmon fillets
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F.U.N.E.X
Meringues beget egg yolks which guarantee the survival of Nigella’s Egg Yolk Sponge Cake. The mountain of summer fruit which we have been tasked to eat grows riper and more seductive with each sun filled hour, exacerbating the need for … Continue reading
Posted in 2013, Baking, cake, Cookery Writers, Cream, desserts, Digital photography, Eggs, food, Food and Photography, Food photographer, Nigella Lawson, Photography, Recipes, Writing, yolks
Tagged a Pale Rider, baking, Breaking eggs, clear thinking, cooking, delicious confection, digital photography, food, Food photographer, Hunger, Ignorance, mastering the art of french cooking, meringues, Nigella Lawson, Poverty, Recipes, simple logic, sponge cake, writing, Yolks
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The unbearable lightness of sponge….
The winsome Nigella, if winsome is the word, has never been high on my list of favourite cookery writers. Perfectly formed and polished to a high shine she glides like an iceberg, only the top third of her ever visible, … Continue reading
Posted in baking, Baking, cake, Cooking, desserts, Digital photography, Egg Yolk Sponge Cake, Eggs, Food and Photography, Food photographer, Nigella Lawson, Photography, photography course, Photography holiday, raspberries, Recipes, Sugar, Uncategorized, Writing, yolks
Tagged baking, cake, Charybdis, egg yolks, Nigella, Scylla, sponge
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Food, Photography & France 