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‘aving a larf..
It is not unusual for children to dislike, and to take extreme steps to avoid, both vegetables and Shakespeare. I prefer vegetables to either children or Shakespeare which preference may well be blamed on their parallel and equally irritating proclivity to tell jokes that aren’t funny; it … Continue reading
Posted in 2016, Cookery Writers, Cooking, Digital photography, Elizabeth David, fennel, food, Food and Photography, Food photographer, France, Herbs and Spices, Humour, onions, peppers, Photography, Recipes, Saucisses a la Navarrais, Uncategorized, Vegetables, wine, Writing
Tagged children, chorizo, Christopher Marlowe, clear thinking, cookery books, cooking, delicious confection, digital photography, Elizabeth David, food, Food photographer, France, Hamlet, Humour, laughter, palate, Philip Marlow, recipe, red wine, Shakespeare, simple logic, social networking, Vegetables, writing
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on a wing and a préau….
The longing, in this month of April, for the warmth of summer is with me for an unseemly proportion of my waking and dreaming moments. A longing that has me limping along these final few furlongs of heavy going before winter, … Continue reading
Posted in 2016, artichokes, Bay leaves, Cookery Writers, Cooking, Coriander, Cuisine bourgeoise, Digital photography, Dreams, Drinks, Elizabeth David, food, Food and Photography, Food photographer, France, Olive oil, Photographic Prints, Photography, Recipes, summer, Thyme, Uncategorized, Weather, wine, Writing
Tagged artichokes a la greque, clear thinking, cookery books, cooking, delicious confection, digital photography, Elizabeth David, food, Food photographer, France, Humour, natural beauty, outdoors, Photography, recipe, simple logic, social networking, Spring, Summer, writing
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never mock a turtle….
Having been in it too many times, soup and I have seen the best and worst of each other. Soup follows us through the seven ages of our lives from the first toothless food experience of puréed baby food to the penultimate … Continue reading
Posted in 2016, Childhood, Childhood memories, Cooking, Digital photography, Elizabeth David, food, Food and Photography, Food photographer, France, Humour, Photographic Prints, photography course, Photography holiday, Uncategorized, Writing
Tagged Brown Windsor, clear thinking, cookery books, cooking, delicious confection, digital photography, Elizabeth David, food, Food photographer, food photographers, Francatelli, France, Heinz Tomato soup, Humour, Muligatawny, Oliver Twist, palate, Photography, Photography course, Shakespeare, simple logic, social networking, soup, travel, writing
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getting into Camus..
I have no compunction in firmly closing a book and returning it to the shelf if I am not enjoying it or, indeed, if I simply do not like it. On one such occasion, when I was very much younger, finding … Continue reading
Posted in 2015, arichoke heart salad, artichokes, Bistro, Bouchon, Cookery Writers, Cooking, Cuisine bourgeoise, Digital photography, Elizabeth David, Foie Gras, food, Food and Photography, Food photographer, France, Humour, Memory, Olive oil, Photography, Recipes, Uncategorized, Vegetables, Writing
Tagged Artichaut Camus, Artichoke, Chichester Festival Theatre, clear thinking, cookery books, cooking, delicious confection, digital photography, Elizabeth David, food, Food photographer, France, Humour, Je mange bien tous les jours, La Mere Brazier, Lyon, Photography, recipe, restaurants, Shakespeare, social networking, Summer, writing
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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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Not dropping my knickers whilst shopping….
I like to feel that I eat seasonally but, to be honest, I’m not sure what that means. My knowledge of the arrival and departure dates of fruits and vegetables is, at best, rudimentary and at worst, notional which failing I blame … Continue reading
Posted in 2015, Art photography, artichokes, Cookery Writers, Cooking, Cuisine bourgeoise, Digital photography, Elizabeth David, Excellence, Foie Gras, food, Food and Photography, Food photographer, France, Good luck, Humour, Luck, Memory, Olive oil, Photographic Prints, Photography, photography course, sea salt, Shopping, Uncategorized, Vegetables, Writing
Tagged Artichokes, clear thinking, cooking, delicious confection, digital photography, Elizabeth David, food, Food photographer, France, fruits and vegetables, Humour, La Mere Brazier, Lyon, modest beauty, natural beauty, Photography, Photography course, seasonal eating, shopping lists, writing
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Cooking in good company..
For those of us who live in Northern Europe the month of August has, by dint of coincidental school holidays, become the accepted time of the year for the family seaside vacation which is unfortunate as, in my memory, those thirty one … Continue reading
Posted in 2014, Art photography, Cooking, Digital photography, Eggs, Elizabeth David, food, Food and Photography, Food photographer, France, Uncategorized
Tagged Basque, bayonne ham, clear thinking, cookery books, cooking, delicious confection, digital photography, Elizabeth David, food, Food photographer, France, French Provincial Cooking, Humour, natural beauty, outdoors, palate, peperonata, Photography course, Piperade, recipe, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, simple logic, Somerset Maugham, Summer, 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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saucy thoughts..
Custard was still on my mind, like the lingering aftermath of a bad dream, whilst I was making tomato sauce yesterday, but the yellow mental miasma was quickly dispersed by the rising savoury aroma, the deep colour and the evocative flavours … Continue reading
Posted in 2013, Cooking, Elizabeth David, food, Food and Photography, Food photographer, Italian food, Mediterranean food, Olive oil, onions, Photography, tomatoes, Uncategorized, Vegetables, Writing
Tagged clear thinking, cookery books, cooking, delicious confection, digital photography, Elizabeth David, food, Food photographer, French Provincial Cooking, Laurence Harvey, Manchurian Candidate, palate, Recipes, red wine, tomato sauce, writing
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Food, Photography & France 