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If Heineken made a year….it wouldn’t be this one
The cold but radiantly sunny morning found me filled with a sense of purpose as I motored along peaceful winding lanes towards an isolated house in the countryside on a mission of mercy. Once inside that house, through some simple manipulations, I … Continue reading
Posted in 2016, Digital photography, Dogs, Eggs, Excellence, Expectation, France, French countryside, harmony, Humour, lifestyle, New Year, Poultry, Uncategorized, Vendee, Writing
Tagged brioche, clear thinking, Declaration of Rights, digital photography, Dr Dolittle, France, geese, goats, Humour, natural beauty, nature, New Year, outdoors, Photography, simple logic, social networking, Vendee, writing
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thank your lucky stars…and stripes..
This is hardly the right time for right minded Americans (I use the phrase advisedly) to be saying a hearty “thank you” but that’s exactly what a large swathe of them will be doing today although I’m not sure that a … Continue reading
Posted in 2016, Baking, BBQ, Chicken, Christmas, Cooking, desserts, Digital photography, Expectation, food, Food and Photography, Food photographer, Humour, Photography, Poultry, Pumpkin Frittata, Rachel Roddy, Recipes, Thanksgiving, turkey, Uncategorized, Writing
Tagged baking, clear thinking, cookery books, cooking, delicious confection, digital photography, food, Food photographer, Humour, palate, Pumpkin Pie, Pumpkins, recipe, simple logic, social networking, Thanksgiving, writing
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Food Photography Course – September in the Vendée
From the 12-16 September 2016, I’ll be hosting a food photography course, run by Vendée Holidays.UK, at a beautiful old house deep in the heart of the Marais in the Sud Vendée of West France. The area is a treasure … Continue reading
Posted in 2016, Art photography, BBQ, beef, Chicken, Chicken, clay oven, Cookery School in France, Cooking, cote de boeuf, Digital photography, Fish, fish cookery, food, Food and Photography, Food photographer, France, French countryside, Meat, Photography, photography course, Photography holiday, pizza oven, seafood, skate wings, Uncategorized, Vegetables, Wine, Writing
Tagged clear thinking, cooking, delicious confection, digital photography, food, Food photographer, food photographers, France, outdoors, Photography, Photography course, social networking, Summer, vacation, Vendee, writing
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..a rude awakening….
When I was first awakened by the black cock it would be fair to say that I was not ready for it. I sleep deeply, maybe not the sleep of the just but, having never experienced that, in a sleep that is … Continue reading
Posted in 2016, Bistro, Chicken, Chicken, Cookery Writers, Cooking, coq au vin, Cuisine bourgeoise, Digital photography, Drinks, food, Food and Photography, Food photographer, France, Humour, Meat, Poultry, Recipes, Stephane Reynaud, Uncategorized, wine, Writing
Tagged clear thinking, cookery books, cooking, delicious confection, digital photography, food, Food photographer, France, Humour, Photography, recipe, red wine, social networking, writing
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chicken marmalade…..
I can never understand how jam, a confit of boiled fruit and sugar, can be known by the catchall of jelly and yet, in the USA, it apparently is. It’s the lack of care in defining the difference between a thick syrup, laden … Continue reading
Posted in 2015, Apricot jam, Breakfast, Chicken, Cooking, Digital photography, food, Food and Photography, Food photographer, Grape jelly, Humour, Jam, Language, Photography, Poultry, Roast Chicken, Sugar, Uncategorized, Writing
Tagged apricot jam, clear thinking, cookery books, cooking, delicious confection, digital photography, etymology, food, Food photographer, France, Humour, jelly, palate, Photography, simple logic, social networking, writing
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What first attracted me to the millionaire potato cake…
On a recent evening, when I was cooking for one, I came across this very simple recipe, whose heritage I was blissfully unaware. I have always advocated simplicity in cooking which does not in any way imply thoughtlessness or carelessness in the … Continue reading
Posted in 2015, Bistro, Chicken, Cookery Writers, Cooking, Cuisine bourgeoise, Digital photography, Excellence, Flat parsley, Foie Gras, food, Food and Photography, Food photographer, France, garlic, Google, Herbs and Spices, Meat, Patricia Wells, Photography, potato, Potato Cake Ami Louis, Poultry, Recipes, Uncategorized, Vegetables, Vicarious pleasure, wine, Writing
Tagged Baked Beans, Bistro, celebrated restaurant, clear thinking, cookery books, cooking, delicious confection, digital photography, food, Food photographer, France, Humour, L'Ami Louis, La Tache, mistaken identity, palate, patricia wells, Photography, Potato cake, recipe, red wine, restaurants, simple logic, social networking, writing
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Du.u.u u ck…
Duck breasts in marinade I have a habit of forgetting a particular word. I can’t tell you what that particular word is as I’ve forgotten it but it serves to define the emotions we feel when fondly remembering earlier moments in … Continue reading
Posted in 2015, Cookery Writers, Cooking, Cuisine bourgeoise, Digital photography, Duck, duck a l'orange, food, Food and Photography, Food photographer, France, Fruit, Humour, Memory, oranges, Photographic Prints, Photography, photography course, Poultry, Recipes, Simon Hopkinson, Stephane Reynaud, Uncategorized, Writing
Tagged clear thinking, cookery books, cooking, delicious confection, digital photography, Duck à l'Orange, food, Food photographer, France, Humour, mastering the art of french cooking, Memory, nostalgia, Photography, Photography course, recipe, Simon Hopkinson, Stephane Reynaud, writing
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Dinner for one….
This morning, during the daily meeting with myself in the shaving mirror, it occurred to me that I have many more failings than I have hairs on my head. With age comes an acceptance of failings and I take full … Continue reading
Posted in Art photography, baking, Caroline Conran, Chicken, Cookery Writers, Cooking, Cuisine bourgeoise, Digital photography, food, Food and Photography, Food photographer, France, Humour, Nuts, Olive oil, Photography, photography course, Poultry, Recipes, sea salt, tart, Tarte aux noix, Vegetables, walnuts, Writing
Tagged baking, Caroline Conran, clear thinking, cookery books, cooking, delicious confection, digital photography, food, Food photographer, France, Humour, Photography course, recipe, Roast chicken, sweet pastry, Under the Sun, W.C.Fields, Walnut tart, Walnuts, writing
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who killed coq Aubin?
There are but a few bottles that remain untouched from my wine cellars of yesteryear. I am miserly with them but there is a limit to the wisdom of such miserliness when the object of one’s affection has a finite life span. … Continue reading
Posted in 2015, Art photography, Chicken, Cookery Writers, Cooking, Cuisine bourgeoise, Digital photography, Drinks, food, Food and Photography, Food photographer, France, Photography, Poultry, Stephane Reynaud, Uncategorized, wine, Writing
Tagged Burgundy, Chambertin, clear thinking, cookery books, cooking, coq au Chambertin, coq au vin, delicious confection, digital photography, food, Food photographer, France, Gevrey Chambertin, Hubert Lamy, Humour, Photography, Photography course, recipe, red wine, Ripailles, Saint Aubin, Stephane Reynaud, wine cellars, writing
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The cat’s bollocks and other tales…..
The woolly hat pulled down around my ears efficiently protected them from the chill of the biting wind but failed miserably in filtering out the piercing cries of an enraged cat in a cage being carted off for castration. Molly, the cat in … Continue reading
Posted in 2015, Chicken, Chicken, Cookery Writers, Cooking, Cuisine bourgeoise, Digital photography, Dreams, food, Food and Photography, Food photographer, France, Herbs and Spices, Humour, Olive oil, Photography, photography course, Poultry, Recipes, Roast Chicken, sage, sea salt, Sex, Simon Hopkinson, Uncategorized, Wine, Writing
Tagged Castration, cat, Cats, clear thinking, Cock Robin, cookery books, cooking, digital photography, dreams, food, Food photographer, food photographers, France, Humour, Lidls, misty morning, Photography, Photography course, Poulet de Bresse, recipe, Roast chicken, Simon Hopkinson, writing
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Food, Photography & France 