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Je mange bien tous les jours….the story of a book

Posted on February 5, 2013 by Food,Photography & France

I once bought a book at a butchers. It was a very wonderful butchers’ shop called Randall & Aubin which has now become an equally wonderful fish restaurant called Randall & Aubin, and is to be found in Brewer St. … Continue reading →

Posted in 2013, Baking, cake, Chocolate, Cookery Writers, Cooking, Cuisine bourgeoise, Digital photography, food, Food and Photography, Food photographer, France, Herbs and Spices, Humour, Laurence Mery-Clark, Photography, photography course, Photography holiday, Randall & Aubin, Shopping, Uncategorized | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 34 Comments

Don’t even think about it……

Posted on February 1, 2013 by Food,Photography & France

On my recent visit to London I came across a reference book which featured a handy guide for those who don’t know how to hold a knife and fork, two implements that are fast becoming expendable at the table as … Continue reading →

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Do you believe in magic….

Posted on April 22, 2012 by Food,Photography & France

The trouble with Spring is that we, of the Northern hemisphere, eagerly await a beautifully orchestrated season filled with soft,warm weather that draws up legions of palely beautiful flowers, still yawning, from their comfortable winter beds to carpet the bosky … Continue reading →

Posted in Digital photography, Landscapes, Memory, Photography, photography course, Photography holiday, Writing | Tagged , , , , | 23 Comments

Brown soup in the ring, da di da di da…

Posted on March 9, 2012 by Food,Photography & France

Unusually for a photographer I very much like cookery books without photographs. Photographs of food can be very misleading in that the reader may assume that the image on the page reflects the recipe writer’s view of the intended appearance … Continue reading →

Posted in Chick peas, Colman Andrews, Cooking, Digital photography, Food and Photography, Food photographer, Moro Restaurant and Cookbook, photography course, Photography holiday, Sam & Sam Clark, Soup, Spanish cookery, spinach, sweet paprika, Writing | Tagged , , | 33 Comments