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a look at my new book….France 2014-18
This new book of mine contains a carefully selected set of pictures of places, people and food that have caught my attention over the past few years. The significance of the years cannot be missed. I am so grateful that … Continue reading
the importance of buying Basil
I’m just mad about Basil, but Basil’s not mad about me…..which is disappointing. It may be that I’m too demanding; too in Basil’s face. I want him with me all the time, and Jenny’s OK with that, by the way, … Continue reading
Posted in 2018, beans, Cookery Writers, Cooking, Digital photography, food, Food and Photography, Food photographer, France, Humour, Olive oil, Patricia Wells, Pesto, Photography, Recipes, Writing
Tagged clear thinking, cookery books, digital photography, palate, patricia wells, Photography, Photography course, recipe, social networking, writing
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Instagram……on my blog….
For the last 12 months, or so, my posts have appeared with ever diminishing regularity. I think this is because…..let me be more precise: the reason for this paucity of words is because, above all, I am a visual person … Continue reading
Posted in 2018, Digital photography, Food and Photography, Food photographer, Uncategorized, Writing
Tagged Instagram, Photography
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seeing the light…….
This picture is as clear an illustration of the nature of digital photography as you’re likely to see. The digital photography to which I’m referring is not the one whose algorithms quickly produce the pleasing image that you see on … Continue reading
Posted in 2018, Art photography, Digital photography, Food and Photography, Food photographer, France, French countryside, Landscapes, Photography, photography course, Photography holiday, Photoshop, Still life, Uncategorized, Vendee
Tagged digital photography, France, landscapes, natural beauty, nature, outdoors, photographic media, Photography, Photography course, social networking, Summer, vacation, Vendee
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October photography break in France…
My photography isn’t limited to food and cooking as previous posts might suggest. Much as I enjoy anything to do with good food and creating it, my real love is for image making and writing about it. This October I … Continue reading
Posted in 2018, Landscapes, Photography, photography course, Photography holiday, Photoshop, Uncategorized
Tagged art, BBQ, Bistro, digital photography, eating in France, food, food photography, France, french countryside, having a good time, Humour, improving your photography, Inspiration, landscape photography, learning, new skills, people photography, Photography, Photography holiday, photography workshop, Photoshop, portraits, technology, Wine
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flour power….the rise and fall…
I remember buying a box of Fecule de Pomme de Terre many years ago. The very fact that I can remember this bears witness to the vagaries of an aging mind. I can’t remember if I’ve just put the kettle … Continue reading
Posted in 2018, asparagus, Baking, Cheese, Cooking, Cream, creme fraiche, Digital photography, food, Food and Photography, Food photographer, France, gratin, Humour, Memory, Parmesan, Photography, photography course, Photography holiday, Uncategorized, Writing
Tagged baking, cookery books, cooking, delicious confection, Food photographer, food photographers, France, Humour, nigel slater, palate, Photography, Photography course, recipe, social networking, Vendee, writing
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What about us grils?
I love grils don’t you mean girls what about us grils….. …this piece of remembered wisdom, scratched and biroed onto the lavatory wall of a Covent Garden bar, achieved a new and apposite meaning in our kitchen last night. Welsh … Continue reading
Posted in 2018, Baking, Cheese, cheese soufflé, Cookery Writers, Digital photography, food, Food and Photography, Food photographer, France, Google, Herbs and Spices, Humour, Memory, Miracle, Patricia Wells, Photography, photography course, Photography holiday, Recipes, souffle, Writing
Tagged baking, cheese soufflé, clear thinking, cookery books, delicious confection, digital photography, easy cheese soufflé, Food photographer, France, Humour, Miracle, palate, patricia wells, photographic media, Photography, Photography course, recipe, simple logic, social networking, Summer, Vendee, writing
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Photography holiday in the Vendée for food lovers …..Oct 11-14
October is a good time to be in the Sud Vendée, a comparatively little known part of France, where I have been contentedly living for the last 20 years. The weather will be warm and nature will be starting to … Continue reading
Posted in 2018, Autumn, Cooking, Digital photography, France, French countryside, Landscapes, Landscapes, Markets, Photography, photography course, Photography holiday, Photoshop, Still life, swimming pool, Uncategorized, Vendee, Wine
Tagged Big in France, Courses, digital photography, food, food photographers, Food photography courses, Forest of Mervent, France, Holiday, landscapes, learn about photography, misty morning, natural beauty, nature, outdoors, photographic media, Photography, Photography course, Photography holiday, red wine, restaurants, Roger Stowell Photographer, social networking, travel, vacation, Vendee
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on eating alone…
I have always enjoyed eating alone in restaurants; not because I eschew the company of others but because it means I can selfishly choose foods and wines that might have to be the subject of debate and compromise were I … Continue reading
Posted in 2018, Anna del Conte, Bistro, Cooking, Cuisine bourgeoise, Digital photography, Drinks, Endive Rouge, food, Food and Photography, Food photographer, France, Humour, Italian food, Memory, Moro Restaurant and Cookbook, Olive oil, Photography, photography course, Uncategorized, wine, Writing
Tagged Anna del Conte, Belazu Balsamic, Bone marrow salad, clear thinking, cookery books, cooking, digital photography, Endives Rouges, Farringdon Rd, Fleurie chilled, France, Humour, Jamon Iberico, Manzanilla, Moro, natural beauty, Photography, Photography course, Radicchio, recipe, restaurants, Smithfield, social networking, St John, The Eagle, Vendee, writing
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that’s the whole point….
Aside from forgetting the names of people, things, places and events during conversations, which failing I have decided is probably a good thing, my memory is as good as the gear box in a rarely used classic car; hard to … Continue reading
Posted in 2018, asparagus, Boiled eggs, Cooking, Digital photography, Drinks, food, Food and Photography, Food photographer, France, Hard boiled eggs, Humour, Memory, Photography, photography course, Photography holiday, Sancerre, Seasons, Uncategorized, Wine, Writing
Tagged Asparagus, cars, food, Humour, Memory, Photography, Wine, woody Allen
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