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Food Photography Course – September in the Vendée
From the 12-16 September 2016, I’ll be hosting a food photography course, run by Vendée Holidays.UK, at a beautiful old house deep in the heart of the Marais in the Sud Vendée of West France. The area is a treasure … Continue reading
Posted in 2016, Art photography, BBQ, beef, Chicken, Chicken, clay oven, Cookery School in France, Cooking, cote de boeuf, Digital photography, Fish, fish cookery, food, Food and Photography, Food photographer, France, French countryside, Meat, Photography, photography course, Photography holiday, pizza oven, seafood, skate wings, Uncategorized, Vegetables, Wine, Writing
Tagged clear thinking, cooking, delicious confection, digital photography, food, Food photographer, food photographers, France, outdoors, Photography, Photography course, social networking, Summer, vacation, Vendee, writing
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Hold the lamprey…
The concept of dying from a surfeit of lampreys intrigues me in that a single mouthful of lamprey could well constitute a surfeit in the mind of one unfamiliar with lamprey. Now that you are familiar, I think that you will agree … Continue reading
Posted in 2016, Cuisine bourgeoise, Digital photography, fish cookery, food, Food and Photography, Food photographer, France, Humour, Kitchens, lamprey, Photographic Prints, Photography, photography course, seafood, Uncategorized, Writing
Tagged avoirdupoids, clear thinking, digital photography, food, Food photographer, France, Henry I of England, Humour, lamprey, perch pike or rod, Photography, Photography course, social networking, surfeit of lampreys, writing
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Smokin’…
Surgeon General is an confusing title as it suggests that a general may be in the business of saving lives rather than extinguishing them. This is particularly evident in his stern admonition, printed on each and every packet of cigarettes, that smoking … Continue reading
Posted in 2014, Baking, Cheese, Cookery Writers, Digital photography, Eggs, Fish, fish cookery, food, Food and Photography, Food photographer, Humour, Mary Cadogan, Patricia Wells, Photographic Prints, Photography, photography course, Recipes, smoked haddock, Smoked Haddock Tart, tart, Uncategorized, Writing
Tagged baking, clear thinking, cookery books, cooking, delicious confection, digital photography, food, Food photographer, Humour, Mary Cadogan, Miracles, palate, patricia wells, Photography course, recipe, Smoked fish, Smoked Haddock, Smoking, Surgeon General, sweet pastry, Withnail, writing
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a day called Sun….
Cooking, reading and taking pictures in the warm sunlight that fills the kitchen on this quiet Sunday morning is as close to worship as my soul currently needs to approach. Bubbling pans and knives on wood combine with muffled snippets … Continue reading
Posted in 2014, apples, Baking, Cooking, crumble, Cuisine bourgeoise, desserts, Digital photography, Fish, Fish cakes, fish cookery, food, Food and Photography, Food photographer, France, Fruit, Humour, Photographic Prints, Photography, photography course, Uncategorized, Writing
Tagged clear thinking, cooking, delicious confection, digital photography, Fish cakes, food, Food photographer, Humour, looking down the nose, palate, Phone ins, Photography, Photography course, restaurants, Sunday lunch, Talk shows
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Fish and ships..
As the title of this post is totally disparate, but seemed a good idea at the time, I have included a picture of a ship….or boat, to be precise. It may only serve to show Christian Harkness, a fellow blogger … Continue reading
Posted in 2013, Art photography, Baked sea bream, bream, Cookery Writers, Cooking, Fish, fish cookery, food, Food and Photography, Food photographer, France, French countryside, Gennaro Contaldo, Italian food, Landscapes, Mediterranean food, Olive oil, Photography, Recipes, seafood, tomatoes, Uncategorized, Vendee, Writing
Tagged Christian Harkness, cookery books, cooking, delicious confection, digital photography, fish cookery, food, Food photographer, food photographers, France, Gennaro Contaldo, Humour, l'Anse d'Aiguillon, Mussel boats, outdoors, Photography, Photography course, Recipes, Sea bream, Vendee, writing
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Shell shock..
There is a superstition, which I have found to contain more than a grain of truth, that bad things come in threes, as in the three horsemen of the apocalypse. Four horsemen, I hear you say, but. according to my … Continue reading
Posted in 2013, Cooking, crab, Digital photography, Excellence, fish cookery, food, Food and Photography, Food photographer, Humour, Memory, pasta, Photography, Recipes, Religion, seafood, spaghetti al granchio, Uncategorized, Writing
Tagged cooking, Crab pasta, digital photography, food, Food photographer, food photographers, Gentleman's Relish, Horsemen of the Apocalypse, Humour, joie de vivre, mastering the art of french cooking, Photography, Ruby Wedding Anniversary, simple logic, writing
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Langoustines and Caravaggio…
There is a wonderful edition of Elizabeth David’s “Italian Food” that was published in 1987. I say wonderful, as it truly is full of wonders, quite apart from the delight of her writing and recipes. This book is a beautifully … Continue reading
Posted in 2013, Art photography, Cookery Writers, Cooking, Digital photography, Eggs, Elizabeth David, fish cookery, food, Food and Photography, Food photographer, France, Italian food, langoustines, Photography, seafood, Uncategorized, Writing
Tagged art, Caravaggio, clear thinking, cookery books, cooking, digital photography, Elizabeth David, food, Food photographer, food photographers, France, Guttusi, Ile d'Oleron, illustration, Italian Cooking, Joachim Beuckelaer, Langoustines, Photography course, roman mosaics, Veronese, 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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Something in the air…
Standing in the garden, early this beautiful morning, there’s no question but that there’s change in the air. We’re enjoying an August the like of which I can’t remember for a good ten years. This is true, sulky, summer holiday … Continue reading
Posted in 2013, Digital photography, Dreams, Emotion, Excellence, Expectation, family, Fish, fish cookery, food, Food and Photography, Food photographer, France, Fruit, harmony, Illusion, Memory, Photography, Photography holiday, Salmon, summer, Uncategorized, Weather, Writing
Tagged August, clear thinking, digital photography, France, misty morning, natural beauty, nature, Photography, Something in the air, Summer, summer holidays, vacation, writing
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Note from a stranger to hunger…
In concert with a large percentage of the viewing public, I watched a BBC programme on the prevalence of real hunger, through poverty, in working people in the United Kingdom today. I had just eaten a simple dinner and, if … Continue reading
Posted in 2013, Cooking, Digital photography, Emotion, Excellence, Fish, fish cookery, Fish stock, food, Food and Photography, Food photographer, Health, hypocrisy, Illusion, Reality, Salmon, Writing
Tagged A Girl Called Jack, BBC Budget Banquet, clear thinking, digital photography, Food photographer, food photographers, Hunger, Jack Monroe, social networking, writing
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Food, Photography & France 