Category Archives: Plums

darkly sweetly madly…..

Posted on September 12, 2017 by Food,Photography & France

” …we’re in the soup” ” in a bit of a stew” “there are too many cooks” “the salt has lost its savour” “it only takes one rotten apple” “our goose is well and truly cooked”. Being that the cooking … Continue reading →

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smoke and sorcery….

Posted on May 18, 2017 by Food,Photography & France

This morning I awoke to the scent of wood smoke; a scent so filled with memories that I wished it could somehow be preserved. On inspection it was clear that some red hot ashes, all that remained of last night’s log fire, had metamorphosed … Continue reading →

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If you like a firm pear, sir..

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

Those innocent words dropping from the lips of a helpful assistant in a fruit shop in the country town of Wallingford are still clear in my mind. Very little else of those heady days, in the early 70’s, is clear … Continue reading →

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The courting and seduction of the disingenuous plum

Posted on September 19, 2011 by Food,Photography & France

Summer seduces with warmth and blue skies, or the anticipation of both, whereas Autumn seduces with colour. I’m not alluding  to the glorious annual show of colour produced by the forest, but to the luscious displays of damsons, figs, blackberries … Continue reading →

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