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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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…..has beans
Several mouse clicks ago my opening line would have been very different to this but the moving mouse clicked and having clicked moved on leaving one of my firmly held beliefs in tatters. Baked beans, Heinz or the like, and … Continue reading
Posted in 2018, anchovies, beans, Cannellini beans with garlic and anchovies, Cooking, food, Food and Photography, Food photographer, Google, Humour, Olive oil, Recipes, Uncategorized, Writing
Tagged Anchovies, Baked Beans, chillies, clear thinking, cooking, delicious confection, food, Food photographer, Heinz, palate, Photography, recipe, simple logic, social networking, Warhol, writing
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une belle horizontale….
Of the phrases that exemplify the quality of French as a diplomatic language few can compare with “belle horizontale” as a well turned euphemism for an “expensive tart” and there is no doubt that the eponymous Tarte au Citron Cartet, … Continue reading
Posted in 2014, 2017, Baking, Cooking, creme fraiche, desserts, Digital photography, Eggs, France, Humour, Lemon tart, lemons, Paris, Patricia Wells, Photography, photography course, Recipes, tart, tarte au citron cartet, tarte au citron cartet, Uncategorized, Writing
Tagged baking, belle horizontale, Bistro Cartet, clear thinking, cookery books, cooking, delicious confection, digital photography, food, Food photographer, France, Humour, palate, Paris, patricia wells, Photography, Photography course, Recipes, restaurants, simple logic, social networking, sweet pastry, Tarte au citron, writing
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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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brown sugar, how come you taste so good….*
A pudding as addictive as this is not for the abstemious nor for those who would eschew excesses of sugar and fat. This is phat….hot and tempting, dripping with butter and soft brown sugar, born out of a lasciviously lazy … Continue reading
Posted in 2017, Baking, Cooking, Cuisine bourgeoise, desserts, Digital photography, Food and Photography, Food photographer, France, Fruit, Pear Tatin, Pears, Photography, pizza oven, Recipes, tarte tatin, tarte tatin, Uncategorized, Writing
Tagged baking, clear thinking, cooking, digital photography, food, Food photographer, France, natural beauty, palate, Photography, Photography course, recipe, simple logic, social networking, sweet pastry, writing
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another bloody pudding….
Zombie families roam the streets of social media whilst the TV screens in our homes are awash with life size images of intestines being drawn from the bowels of a recusant Catholic*and to follow there is always the not … Continue reading
Posted in 2017, baking, Baking, Bistro, Cooking, Cream, creme fraiche, Cuisine bourgeoise, desserts, Food and Photography, Food photographer, France, Fruit, Photography, photography course, tart, tarte tatin, tarte tatin, Uncategorized, Writing
Tagged baking, delicious confection, digital photography, food, Food photographer, food photographers, France, Humour, palate, Photography, recipe, simple logic, social networking, sweet pastry, writing
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a good collective noun
The south facing kitchen is illuminated by rays of bright, low autumn sun which are in part diffused by the rideaux on the window whilst the open door creates a geometric gash of gold on the tiled floor. There … Continue reading
Posted in 2017, Childhood, Digital photography, Fish, food, Food and Photography, Food photographer, Olive oil, Photography, sardines, tomatoes, Uncategorized, Writing
Tagged Algarve, clear thinking, digital photography, food, Food photographer, Humour, Olhao, Opinel, Portugal, sardines millésimes, Simple food, simple logic, social networking, vinaigre de xeres, 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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I think I’ve heard this one before…..
Eating outside at night is clear evidence of summer; being comfortable and warm whilst eating outside is clear evidence of a perfect summer night. It only takes one forgetful old man repeating a well worn story for the umpteenth time … Continue reading
Posted in 2017, Art photography, Cheese, Digital photography, France, Fruit, grapes, Humour, Photography, photography course, Prints, Reblochon, Still life, Uncategorized, Writing
Tagged clear thinking, digital photography, food, Food photographer, France, Humour, Reblochon, simple logic, social networking, Summer, writing
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Food, Photography & France 