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take a leek….
The quality of leeks may not be strained but the quantity of them in my kitchen most certainly is. Such a surfeit of leeks would suggest that I am in the throes of creating a celebratory dish for the imminent release of Julian … Continue reading
Posted in 2015, Baking, Cheddar, Cheese, Cookery Writers, Cooking, Digital photography, food, Food and Photography, Food photographer, France, gratin, Humour, leeks, Nigel Slater, Olive oil, Parmesan, Photographic Prints, Photography, photography course, Recipes, Uncategorized, Vegetables, Writing
Tagged baking, clear thinking, cookery books, cooking, delicious confection, digital photography, food, Food photographer, France, Humour, Julian Assange, leek and potato soup, Leeks, nigel slater, Photography, Photography course, recipe, red wine, writing
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Effortlessly beautiful…
Effortfully is a word that I have only recently encountered and I can’t think why that should be. On reading it, in a novel, the word surprised and charmed me and I thought that it might be the invention of the … Continue reading
Posted in 2015, Art photography, Cooking, Cuisine bourgeoise, Digital photography, food, Food and Photography, Food photographer, France, leeks, Leeks in red wine, Photographic Prints, Photography, photography course, Uncategorized, Vegetables, Writing
Tagged clear thinking, cooking, delicious confection, digital photography, food, Food photographer, Humour, natural beauty, Photography, Photography course, red wine, writing
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A puree of Gorgons’ heads…
“Cheap” is a much maligned word. Cheap skate, cheap shot, dirt cheap and on the cheap are terms that denigrate, that define something or someone as less than it or they should be. In our wealth driven society a divide has appeared. … Continue reading
Posted in 2015, apples, Apricot jam, Baking, bananas, Caroline Conran, Cookery Writers, Cooking, Cuisine bourgeoise, desserts, Digital photography, food, Food and Photography, Food photographer, France, friendship, Fruit, Garden, Gardening, leeks, Leeks in red wine, lifestyle, Mary Cadogan, Pear Sponge tart, Pears, Photography, photography course, tart, Uncategorized, Vegetables, Writing
Tagged apricot jam, baking, Cheap, Cheap skate, clear thinking, cookery books, cooking, delicious confection, digital photography, food, Food photographer, France, Humour, Leeks, Medusa, Perseus, Photography, Photography course, Poverty, Recipes, red wine, simple logic, The Gorgons, Vegetable garden, Vegetables, Wealth gap, writing
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Many a mickle makes…
..very little sense, save to someone making a muckle, and is as good a reason as any for Scotland to be independent. It was only after some Wiki research that it became apparent that my recent gift of tiny leeks … Continue reading
Posted in 2014, Cookery Writers, Cooking, Cuisine bourgeoise, Digital photography, Elizabeth David, food, Food and Photography, Food photographer, France, Humour, leeks, Olive oil, Photography, photography course, Recipes, Uncategorized, Vegetables, Wine, wine, Writing
Tagged Babel, cookery books, cooking, digital photography, Elizabeth David, food, Food photographer, food photographers, France, French Provincial Cooking, Humour, Many a mickle, Photography, recipe, writing
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Wickedleeks….
I don’t know much about a science book, and I don’t know much about the French I took …but anything I’m not sure about, as long as it’s to do with vegetables or local French, can be resolved by our … Continue reading
Posted in Baking, Cheese, Christmas, Cooking, Cuisine bourgeoise, Digital photography, Eggs, food, Food and Photography, Food photographer, France, French countryside, friendship, Garden, Gardening, Humour, Leek and cheese souffle, leeks, Photography, photography course, Recipes, souffle, Uncategorized, Vegetables, Writing
Tagged baking, clear thinking, cooking, delicious confection, digital photography, food, Food photographer, France, Humour, Leeks, Photography, Photography course, recipe, Souffle, 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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A tart for all reasons…
You may not be able to tell a book by its cover, which is why the one in picture lays open with its contents clearly revealed. The same subterfuge may certainly be said of pies. A showy paste exterior may … Continue reading
Posted in Baking, Cheese, Cookery Writers, Cooking, creme fraiche, Cuisine bourgeoise, Digital photography, Eggs, Excellence, food, Food and Photography, Food photographer, France, Herbs and Spices, leeks, Nigel Slater, nutmeg, Oude Goudse Kaas, Parmesan, Photography, potatoes, Recipes, tart, Tart of leeks and cheese, Uncategorized, Vegetables, Writing, yolks
Tagged a book by its cover, baking, clear thinking, cookery books, cooking, delicious confection, digital photography, Food photographer, food photographers, France, nigel slater, Oude Goudse, parmesan, Photography, puff pastry, Recipes, Tender Vol1, writing
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One fine morning….
A grey morning found me cutting firewood behind the house. The squeak of an old barn door opening announced the arrival of Annie, one of our neighbours. Annie and her husband Remy have raised Charolais beef cattle for the last … Continue reading
Posted in 2013, Art photography, Cooking, Cuisine bourgeoise, Digital photography, Emotion, Farming, food, Food and Photography, Food photographer, France, French countryside, friendship, Health, leeks, lifestyle, New Year, onions, Photography, photography course, Photography holiday, Soup, Uncategorized, Vegetables, Vendee, Weather, Writing
Tagged Caribbean, food, food photographers, France, Guadeloupe, Holiday, Photography, travel, vacation, writing
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Would Caligula have chosen a plate of leeks whilst watching the Circus Maximus…..
The modest beauty of this bundle of tiny leeks puts to rest the concept that big is beautiful. I needed fresh eggs which entailed some slipping and sliding across icy lanes to reach the farm of Mme Roustand, just over … Continue reading
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