Tag Archives: Bistro Cooking

A memory of Chez Allard

Posted on November 5, 2016 by Food,Photography & France

Memory is a wonderful thing and I am of the opinion that it is something to be enjoyed while I still have it. On one of my recent constitutionals down that virtual lane the name of Chez Allard came … Continue reading →

Posted in 2016, Andy Harris, Cooking, Cuisine bourgeoise, food, Food photographer, France, Memory, Paris, Photographic Prints, Photography, photography course, Photography holiday, Uncategorized, Writing | Tagged Bistro Cooking, Chez Allard, cooking, Duck with Olives, food, Food photographer, France, Humour, OAS, Paris, restaurants, Simply Fed, social networking, Volaille de Bresse, writing | 23 Comments

Ma pomme….

Posted on June 3, 2015 by Food,Photography & France

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 | 40 Comments

You can take a prune to Armagnac, and you can make it drink….

Posted on March 26, 2015 by Food,Photography & France

“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 | 40 Comments

Cream…..

Posted on August 31, 2014 by Food,Photography & France

The car is filled with the warm scent of freshly baked bread as I make the return journey from the boulangerie, snaking through barely moving walls of corn and sunflowers that skitter the light of this late summer morning on the surface of the empty … Continue reading →

Posted in 2014, apples, Baking, Bistro, Calvados, Cookery Writers, Cooking, Cream, creme fraiche, Cuisine bourgeoise, desserts, Digital photography, Drinks, Eggs, food, Food and Photography, Food photographer, France, Fruit, Golden Apple Tart, Patricia Wells, Photography, photography course, Recipes, tart, Writing | Tagged baking, Bistro Cooking, Boulangerie, clear thinking, cookery books, cooking, cream, delicious confection, digital photography, food, Food photographer, France, Humour, Late Summer, natural beauty, outdoors, patricia wells, Photography, Photography course, recipe, Summer, Sun flowers, sweet pastry, vacation, Valle d'Auge, Vendee, writing | 47 Comments

…and all in the best possible taste.

Posted on May 29, 2013 by Food,Photography & France

That mice should ever have been laying plans is surprising, but less surprising to hear that those plans often went awry. No place for smugness here: do we humans need reminding of our own best laid plans? So, in the … Continue reading →