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a question of taste….
Ronald Searle’s “Molesworth” books, of which I was a devotee when at prep school, often featured, among their wildly stylised illustrations, an image of what appeared to be a solid speckled cake like wedge, known as “seed cake”, and which … Continue reading
Posted in 2016, apples, Baking, cake, Childhood, Childhood memories, Cookery Writers, Cooking, Digital photography, food, Food and Photography, Food photographer, Hazelnuts, Humour, Nigel Slater, Pear & Hazelnut Cake, Pears, Photography, photography course, Recipes, Uncategorized, Writing
Tagged baking, cake, clear thinking, cookery books, cooking, Crumble topping, delicious confection, digital photography, food, Food photographer, Humour, Nigel Molesworth, nigel slater, palate, Pear & Hazelnut Cake, Photography course, recipe, Ronald Searle, Seed Cake, social networking, sugar, writing
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happily giving into temptation…
Recently I’ve been consuming an inordinate amount of sugar. On the plus side, this surfeit of sweetness, for the most part, is virtual. Well written cookery books, and I purposely make this distinction, should display a health warning. A clear definition of … Continue reading
Posted in 2015, Cookery Writers, Cream, desserts, Digital photography, fireplace, food, Food and Photography, Food photographer, Humour, Nigel Slater, oranges, Parfait of Lemon and Orange, Parfait of Orange and Lemon, Photographic Prints, photography course, Recipes, Sugar, Uncategorized, Writing
Tagged Clairvoyance, clear thinking, cookery books, Creme de Citron, digital photography, food, Food photographer, Humour, lemon curd, meringues, nigel slater, Parfait of Lemon and Orange, Photography, Photography course, recipe, sugar, Sweetness, writing
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Sugar in the morning, sugar in the evening, sugar at suppertime…
Fall is a time when I need to pick myself up from the lazy carpet of summer on which I have been laying, ripening with age, for far too long this year. Long sunny days of rustic torpor are not conducive to … Continue reading
Posted in 2014, Baking, cake, Cookery Writers, desserts, Digital photography, Eggs, food, Food and Photography, Food photographer, France, Fruit, Humour, Patricia Wells, Pears, Photography, photography course, Recipes, Three Pear Cake, Uncategorized, Writing
Tagged baking, cake, clear thinking, cookery books, cooking, delicious confection, Desert Eagle, digital photography, food, Food photographer, France, Humour, Kraken, little grey cells, pastoral torpor, patricia wells, Photography course, Poirot, recipe, Silver Bullet, Snatch, sugar, The Provence Cookbook, Three pear cake, Vinnie Jones, writing
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Nobody hears an apple scream…..
Had the Swiss version of apple ducking taken place in the present “caring” climate, William Tell’s son would have been whisked away by Social Services before you could say “Please, Daddy, stop firing arrows at my head”. The Swiss, with … Continue reading
Posted in 2013, apple crumble, apple tart on puff pastry, apples, baked apples, baking, Caroline Conran, Cookery Writers, Cooking, crumble, desserts, Digital photography, Excellence, food, Food and Photography, Food photographer, France, Fruit, Granny Smith apples, Humour, Language, Molasses, Photography, photography course, Photography holiday, puff pastry, Recipes, Sugar, tart, Uncategorized, Writing
Tagged American Constitution, apple ducking, arrow ducking, baking, Charlton Heston, clear thinking, cookery books, cooking, delicious confection, demerara, desserts, digital photography, food, Food photographer, France, fruit, General Custer, Humour, Je mange bien tous les jours, Little Big Horn, Moses, Oxymoron, Photography course, Recipes, Social Services, sugar, sweet pastry, Swiss humour, vanilla, William Tell, writing
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Food, Photography & France 