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Kitchen art … a new series from The French Print House
This portrait of a frost rimed cabbage is the first in a series of prints that I will be producing and which will be available as a limited edition, signed giclée print from The French Print House. The series will … Continue reading
Posted in 2019, Digital photography, food, Food and Photography, Food photographer, France, Photography, Writing
Tagged cooking, digital photography, food, Food lovers, food photographers, France, Giclée prints, Hahnemuhle, Kitchen Art, limited editions, mastering the art of french cooking, natural beauty, nature, photographic media, Photography, signed prints, social networking, The French Print House, Vendee, wallart
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concerning the three great lies…..
In concert with the thrust of this piece it would be fair to say that the “three great lies” are a moveable feast. I have always considered that “there’s a cheque in the post” to be immutable, the first … Continue reading
Posted in 2017, Chili sin Carne, Cooking, Digital photography, food, Food photographer, France, Olive oil, Photography, Recipes, Vegetables, Writing
Tagged 3 great lies, Chili sin Carne, clear thinking, cooking, delicious confection, digital photography, food, Food photographer, France, Humour, mastering the art of french cooking, palate, Photography, recipe, Robert Carrier, simple logic, social networking, Tex Mex, vegetarian, vegetarian recipe, writing
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grape shot….
My mind was elsewhere as the sharp knife in my hands surgically removed the seeds from a large bunch of putative “seedless” grapes. I was reflecting on whether Beulah’s response to her mistress Mae West’s request for a peeled grape … Continue reading
Posted in 2017, baking, Childhood memories, Cooking, Cuisine bourgeoise, desserts, Digital photography, Eggs, food, Food and Photography, Food photographer, France, Fruit, Good luck, grapes, Humour, Lait Cru, Luck, Milk, Photography, tart, tarte aux raisins, tarte aux raisins, UHT, Uncategorized, Writing, yolks
Tagged baking, cooking, delicious confection, digital photography, food, Food photographer, food photographers, France, grape tart, Humour, Lait Cru, mastering the art of french cooking, Milk, natural beauty, palate, photographic media, Photography, Photography course, raw milk, recipe, simple logic, social networking, sweet pastry, tarte aux raisins, writing
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juggling on radio…..
A blindfolded man is given a glass of dark beer to taste. He tastes the beer, licks his lips and nods in approval at which point the blindfold is removed causing the subject of the tasting to smile and say … Continue reading
Posted in 2017, aubergine, aubergine, Cheese, Cookery Writers, Cooking, Cream, Cuisine bourgeoise, Digital photography, Eggs, Excellence, food, Food and Photography, Food photographer, France, goat cheese, Mediterranean food, Photography, Photography holiday, Rachel Roddy, Recipes, Richard Olney, Ricotta, ricotta gratin, tomato, tomatoes, Uncategorized, Vegetables, Writing
Tagged aubergine, cookery books, delicious confection, digital photography, food, Food photographer, France, gratin, Guinness, Humour, mastering the art of french cooking, palate, photographic media, Photography, Rachel Roddy, recipe, Richard Olney, ricotta gratin, Simple French Food, simple logic, social networking, Summer, tomato, writing
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Food, France and Photography …in early September
Early September in France….crowds gone…time for a peaceful holiday…one that involves spending time in a lovely corner of France where you’ll not only eat excellent food and drink good wine whilst learning a bit about food photography….or about taking any sort … Continue reading
Posted in 2016, food, Food and Photography, Food photographer, France, French countryside, Markets, Photography, photography course, Photography holiday, swimming pool, Vendee, Wine
Tagged cooking, digital photography, food, Food photographer, food photography, Food photography courses, France, French Restaurants, Holidays in France, La Rochelle, mastering the art of french cooking, nature, Niort, outdoors, Photography course, Photography holidays, red wine, restaurants, Summer, Vendee, Venise Verte
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Du.u.u u ck…
Duck breasts in marinade I have a habit of forgetting a particular word. I can’t tell you what that particular word is as I’ve forgotten it but it serves to define the emotions we feel when fondly remembering earlier moments in … Continue reading
Posted in 2015, Cookery Writers, Cooking, Cuisine bourgeoise, Digital photography, Duck, duck a l'orange, food, Food and Photography, Food photographer, France, Fruit, Humour, Memory, oranges, Photographic Prints, Photography, photography course, Poultry, Recipes, Simon Hopkinson, Stephane Reynaud, Uncategorized, Writing
Tagged clear thinking, cookery books, cooking, delicious confection, digital photography, Duck à l'Orange, food, Food photographer, France, Humour, mastering the art of french cooking, Memory, nostalgia, Photography, Photography course, recipe, Simon Hopkinson, Stephane Reynaud, writing
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I say kinell, you say quenelle[kə.nɛl])…
The skull and cross bones would be an ideal pennant for the carnivorous pike. Several feet of scaly flesh surmounted by a fierce head made monstrous by a mouthful of stilettos gives ample credence to this fanciful title. It will come as … Continue reading
Posted in 2014, Cooking, Crayfish, Cuisine bourgeoise, Digital photography, Excellence, Fish, food, Food and Photography, Food photographer, Photographic Prints, Photography, photography course, pike, seafood, Uncategorized, Writing
Tagged Charcuterie Sibilia, Colette Sibilia, cookery books, cooking, delicious confection, digital photography, food, Food photographer, France, Les Bouchons de Lyon, Les meres de Lyon, Lyon, mastering the art of french cooking, Photography course, Pike, Quenelles, Quenelles de Brochet, recipe, restaurants, sauce nantua, Sibilia, stilettos, tamis, writing
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The drizzle, it drizzleth every day …..
The time has come for the fire to be lit in the daylight hours rather than at dusk. I use the term “daylight” loosely as “daygrey” would be more pertinent, both in luminance and mood. This is cake weather, where cake … Continue reading
Posted in 2014, Baking, cake, Christmas, Coffee, Cookery Writers, Digital photography, food, Food and Photography, Food photographer, Humour, Lemon Drizzle Cake, Memory, Photography, photography course, Raymond Blanc, Recipes, Uncategorized, Writing
Tagged baking, cake, Childhood memories, Chinese whispers, clear thinking, cooking, delicious confection, digital photography, food, Food photographer, Humour, mastering the art of french cooking, Photography, Photography course, Recipes, writing
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Pear tatin….. whilst dreaming of mangoes
As I was peeling the pears for this evenings pudding my eyes kept wandering and my mouth kept watering over the thought of the two ripe mangoes that were sitting in a bowl on the worktop. Winter directs my hand … Continue reading
Posted in 2014, baking, Cooking, creme fraiche, desserts, Digital photography, food, Food and Photography, Food photographer, Fruit, Pears, Photography, tarte tatin, Uncategorized, Writing
Tagged baking, clear thinking, cookery books, delicious confection, digital photography, food, Food photographer, food photographers, mastering the art of french cooking, Photography, Photography course, Recipes, ripe mangoes, tatin, writing
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Why put all your eggs in a basket when you have a frying pan….
I watched a sporting match at the weekend that failed to live up to its name. It was not the expectation, nor in fact the event itself, in which lay the failure: it was in the naming…..it was not a … Continue reading
Posted in 2013, Baking, BBQ, Cooking, Cream, Cuisine bourgeoise, Digital photography, Edouard de Pomiane, Eggs, Emotion, Expectation, food, Food and Photography, Food photographer, Fried eggs, gigot, Humour, Meat, Memory, Uncategorized, Writing
Tagged clear thinking, cookery books, cooking, dauphinois, delicious confection, digital photography, disaster, Food photographer, food photographers, Gigot, Humour, Janssens Temptation, mastering the art of french cooking, Photography, potatoes, simple logic, Summer, the curate's egg, writing
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Food, Photography & France 