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Category Archives: Sugar
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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happily giving into temptation…
Recently I’ve been consuming an inordinate amount of sugar. On the plus side, this surfeit of sweetness, for the most part, is virtual. Well written cookery books, and I purposely make this distinction, should display a health warning. A clear definition of … Continue reading
Posted in 2015, Cookery Writers, Cream, desserts, Digital photography, fireplace, food, Food and Photography, Food photographer, Humour, Nigel Slater, oranges, Parfait of Lemon and Orange, Parfait of Orange and Lemon, Photographic Prints, photography course, Recipes, Sugar, Uncategorized, Writing
Tagged Clairvoyance, clear thinking, cookery books, Creme de Citron, digital photography, food, Food photographer, Humour, lemon curd, meringues, nigel slater, Parfait of Lemon and Orange, Photography, Photography course, recipe, sugar, Sweetness, writing
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You can take a prune to Armagnac, and you can make it drink….
“You can take a whore to culture, but you can’t make her think”. The lusciously sticky prunes of Agen have only to touch your lips to end any token resistance to their sluttishness. It’s not difficult to detect whorish behaviour … Continue reading
Posted in 2015, Armagnac, Baking, Cookery Writers, Cooking, creme fraiche, Cuisine bourgeoise, desserts, Digital photography, Drinks, Eggs, food, Food and Photography, Food photographer, France, Fruit, Humour, Millas aux Pruneaux, Millas aux Pruneaux, Patricia Wells, Photography, Recipes, Sugar, Uncategorized, Writing
Tagged Armagnac, baking, Bistro Cooking, bistro food, clear thinking, cookery books, cooking, digital photography, Dorothy Parker, food, Food photographer, France, Humour, patricia wells, Photography, Photography course, pruneaux d'Agen, recipe, writing
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A cake named Joan …
Bakewell is to be found in Derbyshire as well as in the name of a celebrated jam filled, almond flavoured confection but, for me, Bakewell will forever be associated with crumpets. Joan Bakewell is an English journalist, television presenter and Labour Party … Continue reading
Posted in 2014, Almonds, Angels, Art photography, Bakewell Tart, Bakewell Tart, Baking, Childhood, Cookery Writers, Cooking, desserts, Digital photography, food, Food and Photography, Food photographer, Humour, Illusion, Mary Cadogan, Nuts, Recipes, Sex, Sugar, Uncategorized, Writing
Tagged Bakewell tart, baking, clear thinking, cookery books, cooking, delicious confection, digital photography, food, Food photographer, Humour, Joan Bakewell, palate, Photography, Photography course, recipe, writing
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Who called the cook a cunt?
Which knotty question is traditionally answered with the pithy response of: ” Who called the cunt a cook?”. The first time that I encountered that profane but apposite riddle was whilst making a television commercial for Nescafe in Athens in 1971APC (Ante Political Correctness) … Continue reading
Posted in 2014, Baking, cake, Cooking, desserts, Digital photography, Emotion, food, Food and Photography, Food photographer, Fruit, Humour, Martha Stewart, nectarines, Photography, photography course, Sugar, Uncategorized, Writing
Tagged baking, cake, Cake tins, clear thinking, cookery books, cooking, Dame Edna Everage, digital photography, food, Food photographer, Gladioli, Gregorian chant, Humour, Martha Stewart, misty morning, Moonee Ponds, natural beauty, Obamacare, political correctness, Profanity, Steve Martin, Upside down cake, writing
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Cake magic brings out the currant bun……
Yesterday, having fallen under the spell of rain and dullness, it became clear to me that I needed to exorcise the grey that had surreptitiously laid cataracts over the sun’s eyes and so, lacking bell, book and candle, I heeded my voices … Continue reading
Posted in 2014, Baking, cake, Digital photography, food, Food and Photography, Food photographer, Fruit, Humour, orange caramel sponge, oranges, Photography, photography course, Recipes, Sugar, Uncategorized, Writing
Tagged baking, cake, cooking, delicious confection, digital photography, food, Food photographer, Humour, Photography, Photography course, recipe, writing
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A very sexy tagine, whose Eastern promise does not disappoint….
I dreamt recently that I was in conversation with good friends but couldn’t remember anyone’s name…seems so familiar to my waking life, that maybe it wasn’t a dream. In the same way, I read a blog yesterday which lauded the … Continue reading
Posted in Almonds, Chicken, Chicken tagine, Cookery Writers, Cooking, Coriander, cous cous, Digital photography, Flat parsley, food, Food and Photography, Food photographer, Harissa, Herbs and Spices, Meat, Molasses, Neil Perry, Nuts, Olive oil, olives, Photography, Poultry, preserved lemons, ras al hanout, Recipes, sea salt, sweet paprika, Umami, Uncategorized, Vegetables, Writing
Tagged chicken tagine, cooking, cous cous, couscousiere, delicious confection, digital photography, Eastern promise, food, Food photographer, harissa, merguez, middle eastern food, moroccan cooking, moroccan recipes, Moroccan tagine, olive oil, palate, Photography, Pomegranate molasses, Recipes, semoule, slaoui, Sumac, tagine recipe, writing
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What starts off sweet, gets bitter and ends up nicely?…this post.
Why such a large proportion of us human beings should be so interested in the minutiae of lives that are as distant from our own existences as the sun, is always a surprise to me. As the polar caps melt, … Continue reading
Posted in 2013, Baking, Cookery Writers, Cooking, desserts, Digital photography, Emotion, food, Food and Photography, Food photographer, Fruit, Grape jelly, Jam, Martha Stewart, nectarine tart, nectarines, Photography, photography course, Photography holiday, puff pastry, Recipes, Religion, Sugar, tart, Uncategorized, Writing
Tagged "big house", baking, Circus Maximus, clear thinking, cookery books, cooking, corporate hospitality, delicious confection, delicious desserts, digital photography, fashionista, food photographers, frozen puff pastry, George, hot house, Humour, photographic media, Photography course, polar caps, Populus Romanus, social networking, Summer, sweet pastry, tattoing, writing
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Sponge cakes keep sticking to my bottom…
“I’ve tried everything” is a phrase often mouthed by those frustrated in adversity. What is startlingly clear to the listener is that, indeed, everything has not been tried. Among the things that have not been tried is the right thing. … Continue reading
Posted in 2013, Apricot jam, apricots, Baking, cake, Cookery Writers, Cream, desserts, Digital photography, Eggs, Emotion, Excellence, Expectation, food, Food and Photography, Food photographer, France, harmony, Humour, Jam, Nigella Lawson, Photography, photography course, Photography holiday, Recipes, Sugar, Writing
Tagged Nigella Lawson, sponge cake, sticking to the bottom, the Kitchen Goddess, thick cream
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Cross words and radishes….
The neutral grey of the sky only served to accentuate the multiplicity of greens and ochres that make up the “slap” on the face of the countryside at this time of year. Driving along shiny, rain slick, black lanes this … Continue reading
Posted in 2013, Cookery Writers, Digital photography, Emotion, Excellence, Excess, Expectation, food, Food and Photography, Food photographer, France, French countryside, harmony, Health, Humour, Landscapes, Photography, photography course, Photography holiday, radishes, Recipes, Religion, Sugar, Uncategorized, Vegetables, Vendee, Writing
Tagged clear thinking, crucified, Crucifix, digital photography, Familiarity breeds contempt, food, Food photographer, food photographers, France, green countryside, grey skies, Honeymoon, honeymoon period, Je mange bien tous les jours, landscapes, Last Tango in Paris, long honeymoon, misty morning, natural beauty, nature, palate, peripheral vision, Photography, Photography course, Radis, Radishes, Recipes, Slap, Vendee, white wine vinegar, writing
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Food, Photography & France 