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Category Archives: Kitchens
on having and eating cake…
A very depressing aphorism suggests that one cannot have one’s cake and eat it which seems contradictory to me as the sole chance of eating one’s cake is indeed to have it, if only for that short time until it has … Continue reading
Posted in 2017, amaretti & raspberry cake, Baking, cake, Cooking, desserts, food, Food and Photography, Food photographer, France, Fruit, Kitchens, raspberries, Recipes, Uncategorized, Writing
Tagged Amaretti biscuits, Aphorisms, baking, cake, clear thinking, cooking, delicious confection, digital photography, food, Food photographer, Henry Thoreau, natural beauty, nature, outdoors, palate, Photography course, recipe, social networking, Summer, Walden, writing
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Hold the lamprey…
The concept of dying from a surfeit of lampreys intrigues me in that a single mouthful of lamprey could well constitute a surfeit in the mind of one unfamiliar with lamprey. Now that you are familiar, I think that you will agree … Continue reading
Posted in 2016, Cuisine bourgeoise, Digital photography, fish cookery, food, Food and Photography, Food photographer, France, Humour, Kitchens, lamprey, Photographic Prints, Photography, photography course, seafood, Uncategorized, Writing
Tagged avoirdupoids, clear thinking, digital photography, food, Food photographer, France, Henry I of England, Humour, lamprey, perch pike or rod, Photography, Photography course, social networking, surfeit of lampreys, writing
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the colours of garlic……
The importance of garlic as an ingredient in good food was not entirely clear to me until several years after we had moved to live here, in France. Of course, I was well acquainted with it, cooked with it regularly and … Continue reading
Posted in 2014, Art photography, Digital photography, food, Food and Photography, Food photographer, France, garlic, Kitchens, Photographic Prints, Photography, photography course, Uncategorized, Vegetables, Writing
Tagged clear thinking, delicious confection, digital photography, food, Food photographer, foreign muck, France, Garlic, Humour, natural beauty, Photography, Photography course, Transylvania, vampires
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…and thyme rich
In my previous post I had availed myself of a metaphor which placed me in a kitchen, vigorously removing the seeds from a pomegranate with blows from a wooden spoon, whilst dressed in a white Dior sheath dress and which, not surprisingly, … Continue reading
Posted in 2014, baking, Baking, buffalo mozzarella, Cheese, Cooking, Digital photography, food, Food and Photography, Food photographer, France, Garden, Humour, Kitchens, Lavender, lavender, Mint, tart, Thyme, tomatoes, Uncategorized, Writing
Tagged baking, buffalo mozzarella, cherry tomatoes, clear thinking, Conchita Wurst, cooking, delicious confection, digital photography, Dior, food, Food photographer, France, Humour, Jamie Oliver, making a mint, missed opportunities, natural beauty, outdoors, Photography, Photography course, pomegranate, Summer, Vendee, writing
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Spend, spend, spend…..
Today, I have been writing, cooking and taking pictures which, to my mind, has been time well spent. My principal currency is time and, as it cannot be saved, I spend freely of it. The house is quiet and the … Continue reading
Posted in 2014, anchovies, capers, Cooking, Digital photography, food, Food and Photography, Food photographer, France, Kitchens, pasta, peppers, Photography, photography course, Vegetables, Writing
Tagged clear thinking, cooking, digital photography, food, Food photographer, France, Photography, Photography course, Vendee, writing
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Eating outdoors at last….
Dreams have the unfortunate habit of remaining unfulfilled so it is always a delight to have one come true. As the years have passed I have learnt to keep my dreams simple so, on this cusp of summer time, the … Continue reading
Posted in 2014, Cookery Writers, Cooking, Digital photography, Drinks, food, Food and Photography, Food photographer, France, Garden, harmony, Kitchens, Meat, Nigel Slater, Photography, photography course, Toulouse sausages, Uncategorized, Weather, wine, Writing
Tagged clear thinking, cookery books, cooking, delicious confection, digital photography, dreams, Eating al fresco, food, Food photographer, food photographers, France, nigel slater, outdoors, Photography course, puy lentils, recipe, red wine, Summer, Toulouse sausages, writing
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Pommes Boulangere.. smart lady, that baker’s wife
Each time that I make this simple dish there is, at the back of my mind, a nagging feeling that I have left out an ingredient. The recipe is not extensive in its demands which makes it even more surprising … Continue reading
Posted in 2013, Baking, Bistro, Cheese, Cookery Writers, Cooking, Cuisine bourgeoise, Digital photography, Drinks, food, Food and Photography, Food photographer, France, Herbs and Spices, Kitchens, leeks, onions, Patricia Wells, Photography, pommes boulangere, potatoes, Recipes, sea salt, Thyme, Uncategorized, Vegetables, Wine, wine, Writing
Tagged baking, clear thinking, cookery books, cooking, delicious confection, digital photography, food, Food photographer, France, palate, patricia wells, Photography course, pommes boulangere, recipe, Recipes, red wine, writing
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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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It could so easily have become a crock…..
“Nuts” I said to myself “my chances of photographing that rainbow are fat and none”. As I ran upstairs to grab the camera I caught sight of the carrier bag full of walnuts which two of our grandchildren had collected … Continue reading
Posted in 2013, Art photography, Autumn, baking, Cooking, Digital photography, fireplace, food, Food and Photography, Food photographer, France, Garden, Humour, Kitchens, Landscapes, Nuts, Pears, Photography, Rainbow, tarte tatin, tarte tatin aux poires, Uncategorized, walnuts, Weather, Writing
Tagged apprehension, burning sugar, cooking, Crock of gold, End of the rainbow, Fireside, pear and walnut tatin, Rainbow, Walnuts
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Puff, the magic pastry….
As far as I can remember, it was in the 70’s that I realised how much I enjoyed cooking.The first manifestation of the important place that cooking had taken in my life was not the sudden appearance of well designed cooking … Continue reading
Posted in Baking, Cooking, desserts, Digital photography, food, Food and Photography, Food photographer, Herbs and Spices, Humour, Kitchens, Mary Cadogan, Olive oil, Photography, tart, tarte tatin, Uncategorized, Writing
Tagged baking, clear thinking, cookery books, cooking, cooking paraphernalia, delicious confection, digital photography, food, Food photographer, food photographers, Humour, love of cooking, Mary Cadogan, palate, Photography, Recipes, simple logic, store cupboard, sweet pastry, tarte tatin, The Golden Fleece, writing
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Food, Photography & France 