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Ma pomme….
Memories of my first visits to France, when I was very young, are full of the warmth of the sun, the scent of melons and peaches, the blue of the sea and a litany of tastes the like of which … Continue reading
Posted in 2015, apples, Baking, Bistro, Childhood memories, Cookery Writers, Cooking, desserts, Digital photography, Elizabeth David, food, Food and Photography, Food photographer, France, French countryside, Fruit, Garden, Humour, Illusion, Memory, Patricia Wells, Photography, Reality, Recipes, summer, tart, Tarte Francoise Potel, Uncategorized, Vineyard, Wine, Writing
Tagged baking, Bistro Cooking, clear thinking, cookery books, cooking, delicious confection, digital photography, Domaine de la Pousse d'Or, Elizabeth David, food, Food photographer, France, Humour, landscapes, natural beauty, nature, patricia wells, recipe, red wine, restaurants, Summer, sweet pastry, writing
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Ladies who lunch..Chez Papa..
Uncovering treasure is not an accurate science. I say this with an authority that I do not possess, as treasure and I are rarely, if ever, seen together or even spoken of in the same breath. The same can be … Continue reading
Posted in 2013, Art photography, Baking, Bistro, Choc ice, Chocolate, Coffee, Cooking, Cuisine bourgeoise, desserts, Digital photography, Drinks, Excellence, Expectation, family, financiers, fireplace, food, Food and Photography, Food photographer, France, French countryside, friendship, harmony, Humour, Kitchens, Noa grape, Photography, photography course, Photography holiday, summer, Uncategorized, Vineyard, Wine, Writing
Tagged boudin, clear thinking, cooking, Cuisine bourgeoise, delicious confection, digital photography, food, Food photographer, France, french countryside, Grillades, Humour, Je mange bien tous les jours, La bonne table, Ladies who lunch, landscapes, loire wine, mastering the art of french cooking, modest beauty, Muscadet, nature, Pays de Loire, restaurants, Restored, Sarments, Saumur Champigny, Seven Dwarves, sweet pastry, travel, Vine cuttings, Wine, writing
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Rigoletto in his christening robe…
Last week I had to undertake the arduous task of tasting Rigoletto, a new cuvée at Prieuré La Chaume, whilst talking to Christian Chabirand, from whose loins Rigoletto sprang, about shooting a portrait of the new born in his christening outfit. … Continue reading
Posted in 2013, Digital photography, Food and Photography, Food photographer, France, French countryside, Landscapes, Photography, photography course, Photography holiday, Vendee, Vineyard, Wine, wine, Writing
Tagged Chardonnay, clear thinking, cuvee, delicious confection, digital photography, Food photographer, France, loire wine, natural beauty, outdoors, Photography course, red wine, Rigoletto, Spring, structured reds, Vendee, Vineyards, Vix, Wine tasting, writing
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The birth of Rigoletto…
In just a few days 8.30 will be the new 7.30. The winter is dead, long live….that doesn’t work. Hurrah for the theoretical arrival of summer even if your power lines are under 10ft of snow or the rain is … Continue reading
Posted in 2013, Art photography, Digital photography, Drinks, Food and Photography, Food photographer, France, French countryside, grapes, Landscapes, Photography, photography course, Photography holiday, Vineyard, Wine, wine, Writing
Tagged ancient mariner, clear thinking, climate, cuvee, digital photography, Food photographer, France, golden daffodils, host of golden dafffodils, Humour, literature, loire wine, misty morning, natural beauty, opium addict, outdoors, Photography course, red wine, Rigoletto, Romantic poets, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Summer time, Vendeen vignoble, vineyard, Wordsworth, writing
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Time for a glass of red….
Sipping my morning coffee in the sun kick starts my mental processes, gets the juices flowing, and pretty soon I’m thinking about food. I can’t imagine, at least I try not to imagine, life without bread, cheese and wine. Each … Continue reading
Posted in Art photography, Autumn, Baking, Brioche, Cheese, Cotes de Rhone, Digital photography, Drinks, food, Food and Photography, Food photographer, France, French countryside, Fruit, Gigondas, grapes, Landscapes, Landscapes, Memory, Photography, photography course, Photography holiday, Vineyard, walnuts, Wine, Writing
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Pike fishing in the Vendee..
I went looking for a château this afternoon and found one very easily. In the newly Socialist led Republique Francaise it is not difficult to find châteaux with noble French families still ensconced within. France may well be “gauchiste” but … Continue reading
Posted in Cooking, Digital photography, Eau de vie, fish cookery, food, Food and Photography, Food photographer, France, French countryside, grapes, Landscapes, Noa grape, Othello grape, Photography, photography course, Photography holiday, pike, Pineau de Charente, Quenelles de brochet, Vendee, Vineyard, Wine, Writing
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Pump up the contrast..
My journeys around our little corner of France reveal that progress has been slow and hard won, although I’m not sure if won is the apposite word. Improvement is often not in the gift of winning. Winning can equally mean progress and … Continue reading
