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Credo….
As a young photographer I was not interested in nor informed about the world of politics. My world was filled with more important things such as myself. I lived through momentous times without noticing much save that I wasn’t as important … Continue reading
Posted in 2017, Expectation, fashion, Film, hypocrisy, Illusion, Photography, Retouching, Uncategorized, Writing
Tagged Brexit, clear thinking, Food photographer, natural beauty, Nova Magazine, obfuscation, Photography, Retouching, writing
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Memento Sorry..
As momentum gathers to pull up the drawbridge and lower the portcullis against the marauding bands of the Unenglish beating a path to our gates, the burning question on the lips of each and every Daily Mail journalist and … Continue reading
Posted in 2016, Art photography, Digital photography, France, Humour, hypocrisy, Language, Photographic Prints, Photography, Uncategorized, Writing
Tagged clear thinking, Daily Mail, digital photography, Foreigners, France, Humour, Immigration, Integration, Photography, Photography course, Reg Dwight, social networking, writing
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cross dressing….
Happily, we have not only passed the age when Victorian modesty demanded a frilly covering for naked table legs, but also the more recent era when ” nicely brought up ” folk would protect delicate sensibilities from the disagreeable sight of a pristine roll of lavatory paper … Continue reading
Posted in 2015, Cuisine bourgeoise, Digital photography, food, Food and Photography, Food photographer, France, Honey, Humour, hypocrisy, Olive oil, Photographic Prints, Photography, Salad, Uncategorized, Writing
Tagged Armitage Shanks, clear thinking, cooking, delicious confection, digital photography, dressing, dressing down, dressing on the right, Dressing up, Duke of York, food, Food photographer, Humour, lavatory roll covers, palate, Salad, salad cream, simple logic, social networking, vinaigrette, writing
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’tis the season that dare not speak its name ….
Cake and chocolate are two “C” words that have not, as yet, been proscribed. Christmas and cunt have been. Creating forbidden fruit has never succeeded in producing an aversion in those to whom the fruit are irresistible. Words of all kinds are irresistible … Continue reading
Posted in baking, cake, Childhood memories, Christmas, Cookery Writers, Cuisine bourgeoise, desserts, Digital photography, Dominique's Chocolate Cake, Eileen Reece, fireplace, food, Food and Photography, Food photographer, France, harmony, Humour, hypocrisy, Memory, Photographic Prints, Photography, photography course, Recipes, Writing
Tagged baking, cake, Chocolate, Christmas, clear thinking, cookery books, cooking, delicious confection, digital photography, Eileen Reece, food, Food photographer, forbidden fruit, France, French cooking, Han van Meegeren, Humour, Photography, Photography course, recipe, writing
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egg tempera..ment
Like a sun tanned Humpty Dumpty, I am cracked and broken. As with H.D, I am basically a good egg but fragile. The last few days have provided me with a cogent and flawless argument against the extension of the … Continue reading
Posted in 2014, Baking, Cookery Writers, Cooking, Digital photography, Emotion, Excellence, Expectation, Farming, food, Food and Photography, Food photographer, France, Humour, hypocrisy, Meat, Memory, Photography, photography course, Pie, tart, Uncategorized, Wine, Writing
Tagged clear thinking, cooking, didactic, digital photography, food, Food photographer, food writers, France, head to tail eating, Humour, Humpty Dumpty, Offal, Photography, Photography course, restaurants, Spleen, venting of the spleen, writing, zealot
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It was the Sunday before Christmas…
…not that it made any difference, apart from the shops being open. If only those annoying people wouldn’t lie sleeping in the doorways. It’s exactly the sort of thoughtless behaviour that can so easily spoil Christmas. Just imagine…you’re coming out … Continue reading
Brussels demand a green Xmas…..
September is long gone, but the leaves of brown show no sign of tumbling down this November although the lyricist would be happy to know that it’s raining. Wherever he was when he penned those lyrics, it wasn’t the Vendee. … Continue reading
Posted in 2013, Autumn, Childhood memories, Christmas, Cooking, Digital photography, Excellence, fashion, fireplace, food, Food and Photography, Food photographer, France, French countryside, Humour, hypocrisy, Illusion, Kitchens, Landscapes, Olive oil, Photography, Religion, sea salt, The Forest of Mervent, Uncategorized, Vegetables, Vendee, Weather, Writing
Tagged bah humbug, Brussels sprouts, Christmas, clear thinking, cooking, digital photography, food, Food photographer, France, Humour, landscapes, marketing, natural beauty, outdoors, puy lentils, Recipes, sweet potato, Torquemada, Toulouse sausages, Vendee, writing, zeitgeist
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Time to draw a line in the breadcrumbs
The sheep in the adjoining field are very keen on bread, in all its varied forms. They are keen on it because we, not being farmers but eaters of farmers’ produce, have fed them the bread, for which we have … Continue reading
Posted in 2013, Cheese, Cooking, Digital photography, Excellence, Farming, food, Food and Photography, Food photographer, Humour, hypocrisy, Italian food, lemons, Mediterranean food, Olive oil, Parmesan, Parmigiana Reggiano, pasta, Photography, photography course, Photography holiday, Recipes, sea salt, Uncategorized, Writing
Tagged black pepper, bread crumbs, clear thinking, cookery books, cooking, Cucina Povera, delicious confection, digital photography, Epiphany, farmers' produce, farming, food, Food photographer, France, Humour, lemon zest, mastering the art of french cooking, Mouli grater, pain cereale, pangritata, parmesan, Photography, Photography course, poor man's parmesan, Sacrifices, sheep, slimming diet, stale bread, The Alamo, writing
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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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The rod that I’ve attached to my back…
..is particularly uncomfortable on a hot day such as this. There is enough clay in the feet that keep me upright, and uptight, on my lofty soap box, to make posh terracotta pots from which everyone can eat their budget … Continue reading
Posted in 2013, Art photography, desserts, Digital photography, Emotion, food, Food and Photography, Food photographer, Fruit, harmony, Humour, hypocrisy, Panna Cotta, peaches, Photography, photography course, Photography holiday, Recipes, summer, swimming pool, Uncategorized, Writing
Tagged clear thinking, delicious confection, digital photography, feet of clay, food, Food photographer, France, Humour, hypocrisy, natural beauty, Panna Cotta, Recipes, social networking, swimming pool, Vendee, writing
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Food, Photography & France 