Category Archives: nectarines

oral advice…

Posted on August 31, 2015 by Food,Photography & France

“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 →

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not getting it……

Posted on July 3, 2015 by Food,Photography & France

There’s something clearly very sexy going on here. Fruit can’t help being sexy because that’s what they are. They’re the fruit of some tree’s loins and they look like sex. The one moment that I remember from Ken Russell’s film, “Women … Continue reading →

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Who called the cook a cunt?

Posted on July 14, 2014 by Food,Photography & France

Which knotty question is traditionally answered with the pithy response of: ” Who called the cunt a cook?”. The first time that I encountered that profane but apposite riddle was whilst making a television commercial for Nescafe in Athens in 1971APC (Ante Political Correctness) … Continue reading →

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Break Step….

Posted on August 11, 2013 by Food,Photography & France

“Break Step” when crossing the Trembling Lady is as abstract as it gets, but the sign on the Albert Bridge is unequivocal in its demand that step should be broken when crossing it in column of threes. So avoid doing … Continue reading →

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What starts off sweet, gets bitter and ends up nicely?…this post.

Posted on July 25, 2013 by Food,Photography & France

Why such a large proportion of us human beings should be so interested in the minutiae of lives that are as distant from our own existences as the sun, is always a surprise to me. As the polar caps melt, … Continue reading →

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