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Category Archives: Fruit
on a round trip…
The seemingly endless summers of my childhood have made a welcome return. Maybe not the very same ones, but there are moments when a particular combination of sensations takes me clearly back in time. I have found that the station … Continue reading
Posted in 2016, Art photography, Childhood memories, Digital photography, food, Food and Photography, Food photographer, France, Fruit, Memory, peaches, Photography, Uncategorized, Writing
Tagged clear thinking, cool, digital photography, endless summer, fizzy drinks, food photographers, France, Shakespeare, sherbet, social networking, Sting, Summer, Vendee, writing
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not faking it ….
There is a trinity of enhanced pleasure givers without which I would consider my store cupboard to be bare. These three are the saucy undies of the kitchen. The Ann Summers peek-a-boo, knickerless crotches that will serve to stiffen the flaccid … Continue reading
Posted in 2016, 70's, anchovies, Art photography, capers, Cooking, Digital photography, food, Food and Photography, Food photographer, France, harmony, Humour, lemons, Parmesan, Photography, photography course, scallops, Uncategorized, Vendee, Writing
Tagged Ann Summers, clear thinking, cooking, delicious confection, digital photography, food, Food photographer, France, Gestalt, Humour, palate, Photography, Photography course, social networking, Synergy, writing
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Claude’s plums
My love for Claude’s plums is a love which can indeed say its name and, should there be any doubt about that, I shall be happy to shout it from the rooftops. I say this safe in the knowledge that … Continue reading
Posted in 2016, Childhood memories, Digital photography, Excellence, Expectation, food, Food and Photography, Food photographer, France, Fruit, Humour, Memory, Photography, Reine Claude, Uncategorized, Writing
Tagged clear thinking, damson, digital photography, disappointment, food, Food photographer, France, gag reflex, greengages, Humour, natural beauty, Photography, Reine Claude, simple logic, social networking, Victoria plum, writing
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Shell shock…..
During my lifetime the word “simple”, or should I say its inference, has become the antithesis of that which I originally understood. My schooldays were passed in those halcyon days before society had become so cowed by the pinched face … Continue reading
Posted in 2016, apples, baking, Bistro, Childhood, Childhood memories, Cookery Writers, Cooking, cous cous, Cuisine bourgeoise, desserts, Digital photography, Excellence, food, Food and Photography, Food photographer, France, harmony, Humour, Pate Brisee, Patricia Wells, Photographic Prints, Photography, photography course, Photography holiday, Recipes, Stephane Reynaud, tart, tarte fine aux pommes, Writing
Tagged baking, clear thinking, cookery books, cooking, Daytime TV, delicious confection, digital photography, food, Food photographer, France, Humour, patricia wells, PC, perambulating gargoyles, Photography, Photography course, recipe, Recipes, shells, simple logic, snails, social networking, sweet pastry, writing
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Just William…
Pears can be tricky, of that there is little doubt. There are times when they can just fuck off -https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LVTDwq2q3Ak – but that time was not this afternoon. The pear on my plate, by the name of William, could not have … Continue reading
Posted in 2015, Baking, cake, Cooking, Digital photography, food, Food and Photography, Food photographer, Fruit, Humour, Pears, Photography, Uncategorized, Writing
Tagged cake, clear thinking, cooking, delicious confection, digital photography, Eddie Izzard, food, Food photographer, food photographers, France, Humour, Just Willian, natural beauty, Pears, Photography, writing
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a last of the summer whine..
I’m wearing socks again which is significant as I have not worn socks for seven years. Those years account for half of the time that we have lived here; that half being the warm and sunny half. The coming up and the … Continue reading
Posted in 2015, Baking, desserts, Excellence, food, Food and Photography, Food photographer, France, Fruit, Humour, Memory, Photography, strawberries, summer, tart, Uncategorized, Writing
Tagged baking, changing of the season, clear thinking, cooking, creme patissiere, delicious confection, digital photography, food, Food photographer, France, Humour, Photography, social networking, strawberry tart, Summer, sweet pastry, 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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lunch: a user’s manual..
Let me be clear, I don’t give a flying fuck if Marie Antoinette said brioche, chelsea buns or if she said bugger all…I’m saying it now…”let them eat cake”. In particular, let them eat this cake. Amaretti biscuits have always been … Continue reading
Posted in 2015, amaretti & raspberry cake, Baking, cake, coffee, cognac, Cooking, desserts, Drinks, food, Food and Photography, Food photographer, France, French countryside, Fruit, Humour, Memory, Photography, raspberries, Recipes, Uncategorized, wine, Writing
Tagged Amaretti biscuits, baking, clear thinking, cooking, delicious confection, digital photography, food, Food photographer, France, Humour, lunch, Marie Antoinette, natural beauty, palate, Photography, restaurants, social networking, writing
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oral advice…
“I’ve started so I’ll finish” is a phrase that ticks all the boxes save when referring to coitus interruptus. What phrase could be more fitting as one looks at a still half full bottle of Cote Rotie, the remains of a perfect … Continue reading
Posted in 2015, Digital photography, Emotion, food, Food and Photography, Food photographer, Fruit, nectarines, Uncategorized, Writing
Tagged Ben & Jerry, clear thinking, coitus interruptus, Cote Rotie, delicious confection, digital photography, food, Food photographer, France, Humour, mi cuit foie gras, natural beauty, Photography, red wine, writing
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the best legs in Lyon….
The streets of Vieux Lyon take on even more charm when seen through the legs of an unusually good Côte Rôtie. Its goodness is guaranteed as it has been selected and poured by Georges dos Santos, a man who is regarded … Continue reading
Posted in 2015, Art photography, Digital photography, Drinks, Excellence, Excess, Food and Photography, Food photographer, France, grapes, Humour, lifestyle, Photographic Prints, Photography, Uncategorized, Wine, wine, Writing
Tagged Antic Wine, caviste, clear thinking, Cote Rotie, digital photography, Food photographer, France, Georges dos Santos, Grands Crus, Humour, Lyon, Photography course, red wine, simple logic, social networking, Vieux Lyon, writing
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