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The French Print House

Posted on January 16, 2019 by Food,Photography & France

Contact: https://the-french-print-house.myshopify.com

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..things that are and things to come…

Posted on January 12, 2019 by Food,Photography & France

Grey skies and flat light during yesterday’s stroll, around our tiny hamlet of La Moussière, signally failed to obscure the magic that was hidden under a thin veneer of dullness. Looking for pictures is my foraging. The locations of the … Continue reading →

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Curtain twitching……

Posted on December 31, 2018 by Food,Photography & France

The advent of 2019 demands greater optimism than any previous year in my lifetime yet optimistic I am. The winter sun is shining through the rideaux, those thin cotton curtains that bring a genteel privacy to each dwelling in la … Continue reading →

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a look at my new book….France 2014-18

Posted on September 21, 2018 by Food,Photography & France

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 →

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the importance of buying Basil

Posted on September 19, 2018 by Food,Photography & France

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 →

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flour power….the rise and fall…

Posted on May 21, 2018 by Food,Photography & France

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 →

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What about us grils?

Posted on May 18, 2018 by Food,Photography & France

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 →

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on eating alone…

Posted on March 21, 2018 by Food,Photography & France

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 →

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…..has beans

Posted on February 10, 2018 by Food,Photography & France

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 →

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neither having nor eating one’s cake…..

Posted on December 4, 2017 by Food,Photography & France

The depths of my childhood deprivation have only recently become apparent. Unlike the majority of happy baby boomer children who enjoyed Pineapple Upside Down (PUD…perfect acronym) Cake at the end of every joyous Sunday lunch of their idyllic childhoods I … Continue reading →

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