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the bitterness of sugar…..
Financiers the world over are suffering and my heart bleeds for them, poor little bankers. These sanguine emotions have awakened the atavistic cannibal in me, so I’ve started to eat them, financiers that is, at every opportunity. One might say … Continue reading
Posted in 2013, Art photography, baking, Baking, Cooking, desserts, Excellence, financiers, financiers, Photography, photography course, Photography holiday, Recipes, Sugar, Uncategorized, Writing
Tagged Atavistic, Avatar, baking, Bankers, Bitterness, bleeding heart, cake, Cakes, Cannibal, clear thinking, cooking, delicious confection, digital photography, emotions, Financiers, food, Food photographer, France, Humour, Lord Sugar, photographic media, Photography, Photography course, social networking, writing
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Fire up the de Lorean….
We arrived home without the expected three explosive flashes that accompany the moment of return from voyages back to the future. The sharp intake of breath as we entered our glacial stone house created more of a whimper than a bang. … Continue reading
Posted in 2013, Almonds, Baking, blueberries, Childhood, cous cous, Digital photography, Emotion, Excellence, Expectation, Flatbread, food, Food and Photography, Food photographer, France, friendship, Harissa, harmony, Herbs and Spices, Honey, Nuts, Olive oil, Photography, photography course, Photography holiday, raspberries, Shopping, Sunday, Uncategorized, Writing
Tagged artisan food, cake, cooking, de Lorean, delicious confection, digital photography, food, food photographers, Golborne Road, Humour, London, Moroccan street food, Photography course, Sunday lunch, sweet pastry, writing
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Keeping my pair warm in a cold spell…
I found myself in the position of Algernon Moncrieff’s manservant, Lane, this morning. There were no Passe Crassane pears to be had in the shops. “No Passe Crassane at all, Lane? “. “None, Sir. Not even for ready money”. I … Continue reading
Posted in 2013, Baking, Cookery Writers, Cooking, Cuisine bourgeoise, desserts, Elizabeth David, food, Food and Photography, Food photographer, France, Pears, Photography, photography course, Photography holiday, Quince, Writing
Tagged baking, cake, cooking, Dessert, food, food photographers, France, Humour, La Bourdaine, mastering the art of french cooking, Passe Crassane, Pears, photographic media, Photography, quince, restaurants, simple logic, sweet pastry, writing
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The first cut is the deepest…and often the best..
This is a simple and delicious recipe from the pen of Patricia Wells. Enjoy.
Posted in 2013, Art photography, Baking, Bistro, cake, Cooking, Cuisine bourgeoise, desserts, Digital photography, Drinks, Eau de vie, Eggs, food, Food and Photography, Food photographer, France, Fruit, New Year, Patricia Wells, Pears, Photography, photography course, Photography holiday, Poire William, Recipes, Writing
Tagged baking, Bistro Cooking, cake, cooking, delicious recipe, food, food photographers, France, mastering the art of french cooking, New Year, patricia wells, Photography, writing
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The unbearable lightness of sponge….
The winsome Nigella, if winsome is the word, has never been high on my list of favourite cookery writers. Perfectly formed and polished to a high shine she glides like an iceberg, only the top third of her ever visible, … Continue reading
Posted in baking, Baking, cake, Cooking, desserts, Digital photography, Egg Yolk Sponge Cake, Eggs, Food and Photography, Food photographer, Nigella Lawson, Photography, photography course, Photography holiday, raspberries, Recipes, Sugar, Uncategorized, Writing, yolks
Tagged baking, cake, Charybdis, egg yolks, Nigella, Scylla, sponge
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Food, Photography & France 