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Category Archives: sea salt
a fistful of phalli….a posy of violettes..
This is a good example of a gratuitous food shot: a waste of time and space,,,but quite funny. In a recent post I wrote disparagingly of white asparagus; those fat, firm, and pallid phalli which serve to testify that however … Continue reading
Posted in 2015, asparagus, Cooking, Cuisine bourgeoise, Digital photography, Eggs, food, Food and Photography, Food photographer, France, Fruit, Hard boiled eggs, Olive oil, Photography, sea salt, strawberries, summer, Uncategorized, Vegetables, Writing
Tagged clear thinking, cooking, delicious confection, digital photography, food, Food photographer, France, Humour, Photography, writing
35 Comments
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
48 Comments
Not dropping my knickers whilst shopping….
I like to feel that I eat seasonally but, to be honest, I’m not sure what that means. My knowledge of the arrival and departure dates of fruits and vegetables is, at best, rudimentary and at worst, notional which failing I blame … Continue reading
Posted in 2015, Art photography, artichokes, Cookery Writers, Cooking, Cuisine bourgeoise, Digital photography, Elizabeth David, Excellence, Foie Gras, food, Food and Photography, Food photographer, France, Good luck, Humour, Luck, Memory, Olive oil, Photographic Prints, Photography, photography course, sea salt, Shopping, Uncategorized, Vegetables, Writing
Tagged Artichokes, clear thinking, cooking, delicious confection, digital photography, Elizabeth David, food, Food photographer, France, fruits and vegetables, Humour, La Mere Brazier, Lyon, modest beauty, natural beauty, Photography, Photography course, seasonal eating, shopping lists, writing
49 Comments
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
62 Comments
The Big Red One…
Oh, that religious and political zealots were as sparse on the vine as good tomatoes were this August. Too much rain has taken its toll, leaving the scars of “maladie” on the marvellous misshapen fruit without which my cooking would … Continue reading
Posted in 2014, Cooking, Digital photography, food, Food and Photography, Food photographer, France, Olive oil, pasta, Photography, photography course, sea salt, tomatoes, Uncategorized, Vegetables, Writing
Tagged cherry tomatoes, clear thinking, cooking, delicious confection, digital photography, Food photographer, fresh tomato sauce, olive oil, Photography, Photography course, red wine, tinned tomatoes, Vendee, writing
60 Comments
Harry Covair…the third bean
I’ve had to quickly write another post owing to the lack of clarity of my previous one which was intended to be read as a universal cautionary tale of the pitfalls of everymans’ summer vacation rather than a declaration of my … Continue reading
Posted in 2014, beans, Cooking, Digital photography, food, Food and Photography, Food photographer, France, Humour, Nigel Slater, Photography, photography course, sea salt, summer, Uncategorized, Vegetables, Weather, Writing
Tagged clear thinking, cookery books, cooking, delicious confection, digital photography, food, Food photographer, France, Garden beans, Haricots Verts, Harry Lime, Humour, nigel slater, palate, Photography course, Riesenrad, steaming vegetables, Summer, The Third Man, writing
37 Comments
Aubergine the Über Gene….
Whenever I forget what’s for dinner or, more precisely, realise that I have forgotten to make anything for dinner, I pray for the presence of an aubergine to be in the near vicinity or, ideally, in our kitchen. It is … Continue reading
Posted in 2014, aubergine, buffalo mozzarella, Cheese, Cooking, Digital photography, food, Food and Photography, Food photographer, Italian food, Mediterranean food, Olive oil, Parmesan, Parmigiana Reggiano, pasta, Photography, photography course, sea salt, spaghetti olio aglio, tomatoes, Uncategorized, Vegetables, Writing
Tagged cookery books, cooking, digital photography, food, Food photographer, France, fresh tomato sauce, Generosity, Humour, melanzane alla Parmigiana, natural beauty, nature, Olio aglio, palate, Parmigiana, Pasta, Photography course, recipe, red wine, Slow food, Summer, Trinity, writing
65 Comments
Sausage and mash with onion gravy ….. a good cure for grey Januariness..
White is absent; grey is in the ascendant. We are at the beginning of our happy new year yet our hopes are already pinned on tomorrow. Rain drops fall from the eaves mimicking the sound of irregular footsteps but no … Continue reading
Posted in 2014, Cookery Writers, Cooking, food, Food and Photography, Food photographer, Herbs and Spices, mashed potatoes, Neil Perry, photography course, Photography holiday, Recipes, sea salt, Toulouse sausages, Uncategorized, Vegetables, Writing
Tagged Bangers and mash, cooking, creamy mashed potatoes, delicious confection, digital photography, floury potatoes, food, Food photographer, France, mashed potatoes, onion gravy, potato ricer, Recipes, sausages, writing
53 Comments
a very sweet peary tale….
Once upon a time there was a very nice pear called William and I cooked him and ate him…and all of his family. As a peary tale, it’s grimm, but there it is; it’s rare for a pear to have … Continue reading
Posted in 2013, Almonds, Cooking, Cuisine bourgeoise, desserts, Digital photography, food, Food and Photography, France, Fruit, Nuts, Pears, pears salt caramel sauce, Photography, sea salt, Uncategorized, Writing
Tagged cooking, delicious confection, digital photography, food, Food photographer, France, Humour, Pears, Recipes, writing
68 Comments
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
97 Comments
Food, Photography & France 