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darkly sweetly madly…..
” …we’re in the soup” ” in a bit of a stew” “there are too many cooks” “the salt has lost its savour” “it only takes one rotten apple” “our goose is well and truly cooked”. Being that the cooking … Continue reading
Posted in 2017, baking, Cookery Writers, Cream, desserts, Digital photography, Humour, Nigel Slater, Photography, photography course, Plum and raspberry lattice pie, Plums, raspberries, Recipes, tart, Uncategorized, Writing
Tagged baking, clear thinking, cookery books, delicious confection, digital photography, food, Food photographer, France, Humour, literature, natural beauty, nigel slater, palate, Photography, Photography course, recipe, social networking, sweet pastry, writing
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cooking with my hat on…..
When the stars make you drool just like pasta fazool, that’s amore: no it’s not. What it is is pasta e fagioli but even though Dean Martin was Italian, Italians in America become American after quite a short time which entails … Continue reading
Posted in 2017, Alistair Little, beans, Cookery Writers, Cooking, Digital photography, Excellence, food, Food and Photography, Food photographer, Herbs and Spices, Humour, Italian food, Olive oil, Parmesan, pasta, pasta e fagioli, Photography, photography course, Photography holiday, Recipes, Uncategorized, Writing
Tagged Alastair Little, clear thinking, cookery books, cooking, Dean Martin, delicious confection, digital photography, food, Food photographer, Humour, literature, pasta e fagioli, Pasta Fazool, Photography course, recipe, simple logic, social networking, Vendee, writing
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lunch…alone…
“…lost to almost everything but a vague sense of jam and idleness”* Although, pace Maggie Tulliver, in my case “jam” was supplanted by “lunch”. This perfectly conceived emotion had caught my imagination as I was reading last night and had come flooding back … Continue reading
Posted in 2017, Cuisine bourgeoise, Digital photography, Drinks, Eggs, Excellence, food, Food and Photography, Food photographer, France, Humour, oeufs meurette, Photography, photography course, Photography holiday, poached eggs, Uncategorized, Writing
Tagged clear thinking, cookery books, cooking, delicious confection, digital photography, food, Food photographer, France, George Eliot, Humour, literature, Mill on the Floss, oeufs meurette, Photography, Photography course, recipe, writing
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a taste as old as cold water….
Lawrence Durrell’s precise metaphor is the clearest description of the taste of olives that I have ever heard or read. In truth, he was speaking of the wrinkly, black, salt cured olives whose flavour is as naked and unashamed as a new … Continue reading
Posted in 2016, Digital photography, Emotion, Expectation, food, Food and Photography, Food photographer, France, Garden, Humour, Mediterranean food, Memory, olives, Photographic Prints, Photography, photography course, Uncategorized, Writing
Tagged Asparagus, clear thinking, digital photography, flavour, food, Food photographer, France, fugitive flavour, Humour, Lawrence Durrell, literature, natural beauty, olives, palate, Photography, Photography course, simple logic, social networking, writing
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Bakewell Crumpet…..*
Like a latter day Canute I do my best to keep the incoming tide of mortality at bay. Whilst the noble king was demonstrating that he did not have supernatural powers this Canute has decided that the solution is to bury … Continue reading
Posted in 2016, Bakewell Tart, Digital photography, Food and Photography, Food photographer, Humour, Photography, photography course, Photography holiday, Sex, Uncategorized, Writing
Tagged 60's, clear thinking, digital photography, Humour, Joan Bakewell, King Canute, literature, Permissiveness, Photography course, radio 4, social networking, writing
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and now let’s hear it for the Greens …..
Through the good graces of the internet and television I have been able to quickly become intimate with kings, of all nations across the ages, and through this intimacy I can confirm that familiarity has bred contempt. Conversely, although I have … Continue reading
Posted in 2015, Anna del Conte, Art photography, Cookery Writers, Cuisine bourgeoise, Digital photography, food, Food and Photography, Food photographer, France, Humour, Italian food, Olive oil, Photographic Prints, Photography, photography course, Recipes, Ribollita, Soup, Uncategorized, Vegetables, Vendee, Writing
Tagged Anna del Conte, Cavolo Nero, Chou Pomme, clear thinking, cookery books, cooking, delicious confection, digital photography, food, Food photographer, France, Greens, Humour, Italian Food, literature, natural beauty, Photography, Photography course, Pigs having wings, recipe, Ribollita, Ships and shoes and sealing wax, soup, The Classic Food of Northern Italy, The Walrus, Vendee, writing
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I say tahmayto…and I would advise you to do the same…
It is well known that the tomato has a colourful history, filled with misunderstanding, suspicion and rumour. However, it has now not only found acceptance but has become so deeply ingrained in our food tradition that several highly seasoned purées of … Continue reading
Posted in Cooking, Cutlery, Digital photography, family, food, Food and Photography, Food photographer, Humour, Italian food, lifestyle, Meat, Mediterranean food, Olive oil, pasta, Photography, Uncategorized, Writing
Tagged clear thinking, cooking, digital photography, food allergies, Food photographer, Goodfellas, Humour, J.Edgar Hoover, literature, Lysistrata, palate, Pasta Fazool, simple logic, The Sopranos, the tomato, tinned tomatoes, writing
51 Comments
Neither a borrower nor a lentil be…
There is nothing glamorous about the green lentil yet, from the rich and varied universe of the dried pulse, it holds sway as my unchallenged favourite. There is no question that it needs a little help but, if that help … Continue reading
Posted in 2013, Cooking, Digital photography, food, Food and Photography, Food photographer, Humour, lifestyle, Luck, Meat, Photography, Puy Lentils, Toulouse sausages, Uncategorized, Vegetables, Writing
Tagged Begging, Borrowing, clear thinking, cooking, D.H.Lawrence, delicious confection, digital photography, Food photographer, Humour, Lending, literature, Moral, Photography, Photography course, Recipes, red wine, Traffic lights, Tramp, Vendee, William Shakespeare, writing
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It is a far, far better thing that I eat now……
There is a smokiness in the air that is sending me the clear message that it’s time to start bringing in fire wood. A mountain of good, dry wood has been delivered and all that remains to be done is … Continue reading
Posted in 2013, Autumn, Cream, desserts, Digital photography, Emotion, Excellence, Expectation, figs, food, Food and Photography, Food photographer, France, Fruit, harmony, Humour, Nuts, Photography, Seasons, Uncategorized, walnuts, Writing
Tagged Autumn, camel's back, chalk and cheese, clear thinking, cooking, delicious confection, digital photography, Fire wood, Food photographer, France, Humour, literature, Lothario, misty morning, nature, outdoors, Photography course, Plight my troth, Roving eye, Stoicism, Sydney Carton, The First Cut is the Deepest, Wood burner, Wood cutting, writing, yeoman
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On the trail of the toothsome pine…
The muffled drumbeat of rain on the awning has not been heard for some time, but there it was, like an unexpected knock on the door that momentarily causes the smile to drain from the face. Being English we have … Continue reading
Posted in 2013, Cookery Writers, Cooking, cous cous, Digital photography, Flat parsley, food, Food and Photography, Food photographer, Fruit, Health, Herbs and Spices, Humour, Moro Restaurant and Cookbook, Nuts, Olive oil, Photography, photography course, Pine Nuts, preserved lemons, Recipes, Saffron rice, Sam & Sam Clark, Spanish cookery, summer, Uncategorized, Writing
Tagged clear thinking, cookery books, cooking, delicious confection, digital photography, Food photographer, food photographers, France, Humour, Je mange bien tous les jours, landscapes, literature, natural beauty, palate, Photography, Recipes, restaurants, social networking, writing
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