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flour power….the rise and fall…
I remember buying a box of Fecule de Pomme de Terre many years ago. The very fact that I can remember this bears witness to the vagaries of an aging mind. I can’t remember if I’ve just put the kettle … Continue reading
Posted in 2018, asparagus, Baking, Cheese, Cooking, Cream, creme fraiche, Digital photography, food, Food and Photography, Food photographer, France, gratin, Humour, Memory, Parmesan, Photography, photography course, Photography holiday, Uncategorized, Writing
Tagged baking, cookery books, cooking, delicious confection, Food photographer, food photographers, France, Humour, nigel slater, palate, Photography, Photography course, recipe, social networking, Vendee, writing
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that’s the whole point….
Aside from forgetting the names of people, things, places and events during conversations, which failing I have decided is probably a good thing, my memory is as good as the gear box in a rarely used classic car; hard to … Continue reading
Posted in 2018, asparagus, Boiled eggs, Cooking, Digital photography, Drinks, food, Food and Photography, Food photographer, France, Hard boiled eggs, Humour, Memory, Photography, photography course, Photography holiday, Sancerre, Seasons, Uncategorized, Wine, Writing
Tagged Asparagus, cars, food, Humour, Memory, Photography, Wine, woody Allen
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forget-me-nots…..
It doesn’t take much to make us humans gush or, indeed, to outpour. We gush or outpour at the drop of a hat or , hat dropping aside, whenever a taste, a face, a place, a smell or a moment unlocks a bitter or … Continue reading
Posted in 2017, asparagus, beetroot, Digital photography, Emotion, food, Food and Photography, Food photographer, Humour, Memory, Photography, photography course, Photography holiday, Uncategorized, Writing
Tagged clear thinking, digital photography, food, Food photographer, Humour, nature, Photography, Photography course, simple logic, social networking, writing
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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
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A feeling that our market may be just a little too Common..
Green asparagus seems to be a rarity in our part of France which surprises me as it features on the menus of many local restaurants at this time of year whilst, in the shops, it remains as rare as an interesting … Continue reading
Posted in 2015, asparagus, food, Food and Photography, Food photographer, France, French countryside, Humour, Photography, photography course, potatoes, Uncategorized, Vegetables, Writing
Tagged Bucolic, clear thinking, Common market, digital photography, food, Food photographer, France, Green asparagus, Humour, new potatoes, Noirmoutier potatoes, Photography course, Posh Spice, restaurants, Spring, Vendee, writing
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Present Imperfect..
Present imperfect may be incorrect as a tense but it is flawless as a sentiment when speaking of food that has been conceived to tempt by the senses of smell and taste, rather than to lure admirers by artful cosmetics . Contrived … Continue reading
Posted in 2014, asparagus, baking, Cheese, Cooking, Cuisine bourgeoise, Digital photography, food, Food and Photography, Food photographer, Parmesan, Photography, photography course, tart, Uncategorized, Vegetables, Writing
Tagged baking, clear thinking, cooking, delicious confection, digital photography, food, Food photographer, food photographers, France, Humour, Photography, Photography course, writing
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Keeping it fresh..
It may be assumed, from the universal accretion of sex shops, that many bedside cabinets harbour rarely, if ever, used sex aids in the same way that tiny chapels house rarely revered reliquaries containing slivers of saintly bones. Both were acquired to refresh, renew … Continue reading
Posted in 2014, asparagus, Digital photography, food, Food and Photography, Food photographer, France, Humour, Photography, photography course, Sex, Shopping, Still life, Vegetables, Writing
Tagged Asparagus, clear thinking, digital photography, food, Food photographer, France, Freshness, Humour, Libido, Photography, Photography course, Reliquary, Sex aid, writing
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the wild bunch take a bath…
I could not help but notice the very human characteristics being displayed by this particular bunch. It is clear to me that there is leader, head and shoulders above the others, who is holding court to this sycophantic bunch of … Continue reading
Posted in 2014, asparagus, Cooking, Digital photography, Eggs, food, Food and Photography, Food photographer, France, Hard boiled eggs, Photography, photography course, Uncategorized, Vegetables, Writing
Tagged Asparagus, Brutus, cooking, digital photography, food, Food photographer, France, hollandaise sauce, Humour, Julius Caesar, Photography, Photography course, Recipes, white asparagus, writing
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Waking with a bee in your ear……
Solitary bees are a new discovery for me. Up to a recent point I thought that all bees lived in tower block hives, milling around chaotically but purposefully, so like us humans, buzzing off to work in a rush hour … Continue reading
Posted in 2013, Art photography, asparagus, Baking, Cheese, Cream, Cuisine bourgeoise, Digital photography, Eggs, food, Food and Photography, Food photographer, France, French countryside, new potatoes, Parmesan, Photography, photography course, Photography holiday, Recipes, summer, tart, Uncategorized, White Burgundy, Wine, Writing
Tagged Asparagus, asparagus tart, baking, bee hives, bees, birds and the bees, buttery new potatoes, clear thinking, cooking, digital photography, dreamlike, food, Food photographer, France, Humour, mobylette, natural beauty, new potatoes, Noirmoutier potatoes, outdoors, Photography, Photography course, puff pastry, Recipes, rush hour, sleep, solitary bees, waking, white burgundy, writing
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