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Category Archives: friendship
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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Thinking of pussy…
A quiet still hour, with Molly sitting on my lap, has given rise to a Professor Higgins moment. It has made me wonder why a person can’t be more like a cat. I should make it clear that I am … Continue reading
Posted in 2016, Bad Habits, cake, Digital photography, Emotion, Food and Photography, Food photographer, France, friendship, Illusion, Photographic Prints, Uncategorized, Writing
Tagged Cats, clear thinking, digital photography, Food photographer, Humour, nature, Photography, Photography course, Professor Higgins, simple logic, social networking, writing
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moist nuts….
Whilst wishing to avoid the inevitable and predictable prurience I have no option but to fling myself headlong into the mire of double entendre by mentioning that my first encounter with moist nuts was on our honeymoon some forty one … Continue reading
Posted in 2015, Cuisine bourgeoise, Digital photography, Excellence, food, Food and Photography, Food photographer, France, French countryside, friendship, Nuts, Photographic Prints, Photography, Uncategorized, walnuts, Writing
Tagged clear thinking, digital photography, food, Food photographer, France, Fresh walnuts, Honeymoon, Humour, natural beauty, nature, noix fraiches, Photography, social networking, writing
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A puree of Gorgons’ heads…
“Cheap” is a much maligned word. Cheap skate, cheap shot, dirt cheap and on the cheap are terms that denigrate, that define something or someone as less than it or they should be. In our wealth driven society a divide has appeared. … Continue reading
Posted in 2015, apples, Apricot jam, Baking, bananas, Caroline Conran, Cookery Writers, Cooking, Cuisine bourgeoise, desserts, Digital photography, food, Food and Photography, Food photographer, France, friendship, Fruit, Garden, Gardening, leeks, Leeks in red wine, lifestyle, Mary Cadogan, Pear Sponge tart, Pears, Photography, photography course, tart, Uncategorized, Vegetables, Writing
Tagged apricot jam, baking, Cheap, Cheap skate, clear thinking, cookery books, cooking, delicious confection, digital photography, food, Food photographer, France, Humour, Leeks, Medusa, Perseus, Photography, Photography course, Poverty, Recipes, red wine, simple logic, The Gorgons, Vegetable garden, Vegetables, Wealth gap, writing
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looking for somewhere nice to go for a drink?
Within a few paces of the garden gate lies a peaceful refuge in the true chauvinist spirit of France. In the baker’s dozen of years that I have passed in this hamlet I have yet to see a female in this “cave”. This … Continue reading
Posted in 2014, aperitif, apples, Art photography, Digital photography, Drinks, Food and Photography, Food photographer, France, French countryside, friendship, Fruit, harmony, lifestyle, Photography, photography course, Uncategorized, Vendee, Wine, wine, Writing
Tagged Aperitif, Baker's Dozen, Blackthorn, Cave, Chauvinism, clear thinking, digital photography, distaff, Epines, France, Humour, Palets, Photography, Photography course, red wine, Summer, Vendee, writing
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Wickedleeks….
I don’t know much about a science book, and I don’t know much about the French I took …but anything I’m not sure about, as long as it’s to do with vegetables or local French, can be resolved by our … Continue reading
Posted in Baking, Cheese, Christmas, Cooking, Cuisine bourgeoise, Digital photography, Eggs, food, Food and Photography, Food photographer, France, French countryside, friendship, Garden, Gardening, Humour, Leek and cheese souffle, leeks, Photography, photography course, Recipes, souffle, Uncategorized, Vegetables, Writing
Tagged baking, clear thinking, cooking, delicious confection, digital photography, food, Food photographer, France, Humour, Leeks, Photography, Photography course, recipe, Souffle, 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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Kharmargeddon….
Had I been going to St.Ives and I saw a man with seven wives, each of whom was carrying seven sacks filled with cats, I wouldn’t have said hello. As it was, I was going to the boulangerie in our … Continue reading
Posted in 2013, Art photography, Digital photography, Emotion, food, Food and Photography, Food photographer, France, friendship, Fruit, harmony, Humour, hypocrisy, Photography, photography course, Photography holiday, strawberries, Uncategorized, Writing
Tagged clear thinking, delicious confection, digital photography, food, Food photographer, food photographers, France, Humour, India, kharma, Photography, Photography course, strawberries, writing
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Tongue tied…..
Being able to make our thoughts public, through “blogs” or “tweets”, seems to have become a very efficient muzzle. The greater the number of people who read our, ineradicable, words the more cautious we have to become. We are very … Continue reading
Posted in 2013, Art photography, Baking, Cooking, Emotion, Excess, food, Food and Photography, Food photographer, friendship, harmony, Humour, hypocrisy, Illusion, Photography, photography course, Photography holiday, Writing
Tagged baking, blogging, clear thinking, digital photography, disagreement, food, France, freedom of speech, Humour, muzzled, Photography course, political correctness, shackled, simple logic, social networking, writin, writing
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Food, Photography & France 