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Home cook writing down simple recipes for my daughter👩‍🍳 🍜🏡 Original poetry & other words 🖼️ 🍎 ✍️ Random nice things Website: www.stewedpears.com Poems: https://stewedpears.com/category/life/ekphrastic-series-based-on-food-art/

view of various small sweet red, orange and yellow capsicums, some with seeds removed, and red onion slices still raw in a fluted baking dish
A close up of a warm salad with rocket (arugula), beans, zucchini, sweet potato, herbs and dressing.
Overhead view of a beige plate on a cafe table at the centre of which is a stack of two corn fritters, smashed avocado, haloumi, egg, sprouts and topped with a radish slice and chia seeds. The fritter stack is circled with chilli jam. Some drinks behind.
A decorative interior of a multi-storey building with cherry coloured walls, white curved arches looking up to a stained glass dome
national geographic photo of the Porte des Champs gatehouse of the Château de Caen in Normandy, France.
A painting of a field, a haystack, a woman in long skirts carrying buckets, apple trees lining a fence and farmhouses behind Apple trees in Eragny, sunny morning (1903) painting in high resolution by Camille Pissarro. Original from the Kunstmuseum Basel Museum. Digitally enhanced by rawpixel.
A pointillist painting of three women and a man under an apple tree, the man is trying to get apples down from the tree while the women pick them from the ground in the shadow of the tree Apple Harvest (1888) painting in high resolution by Camille Pissarro. Original from the Dallas Museum of Art. Digitally enhanced by rawpixel..
A large apple tree fills almost the entire canvas as labourers work the field beneath it. Apple Trees in a Field (c. 1865–70) by Jean Baptiste Camille Corot Original public domain image from The Clark Art Museum. Image: Rawpixel
a photo taken from a moving car of black and white cows in an olive-coloured field and an overcast sky. At centre is a white cow's behind.
overhead view of people clinking glasses of white wine. Image: Pexels.
A wallpaper botanical illustration of wisteria. Image in the public domain. Rawpixel: Original public domain image from Smithsonian
An overhead view of a rectangular slice of cake with streusel on top, cherry below that.
At bottom is a coconut mango pudding in a white bowl with shaved coconut on top and lime zest, a spoon. At top in a black bowl is a crumbed fried coconut ice cream with pistachio
the outside of a pistachio coloured cafe from the movie Back to the Future
close up view of Nasi Goreng in a beige bowl, from top to bottom, cucumber, egg, prawns, all sitting on rice and with spring (green) onion and coriander (cilantro) Recipe: https://www.woolworths.com.au/shop/recipes/nasi-goreng-traybake
photo of TV screen, part of a woman visible, holding a partially constructed chicken skewer. To the left it's captioned: Melissa, Peruvian lamb stir fry, Marinated chicken skewers with Peruvian green sauce, salsa griolla, grilled plantains
close up of a pizza cutter and a home style pizza with visible olives, pineapple chunks and anchovies, there's also ham in there somewhere
Botanical illustration of a various varieties of tomatoes, small and large, green, yellow and red Tomatoes, or Love-Apples from Album Benary (1876-1886) by Ernst Benary. Original public domain image from Biodiversity Heritage Library, sourced from Rawpixel
Botanical watercolour illustration of carrot, cauliflower, celery and celeriac with writing on top: Forty Varieties of Garden Vegetables, how to plant and cultivate explained elsewhere in this volume. Digitally enhanced from rawpixel's own original copy of The Open Door to Independence (1915) by Thomas E. Hill.
colour botanical illustration of a lemon on a branch, and several black and white drawings of the lemon flower and stem. Image from rawpixel in the public domain
1) In a nine box grid, nine very different child images from the Renaissance, with the caption, On the scale of Renaissance child, how are you feeling today
Close up of a brown dish with ingredients in a yellow sauce. Other plates and glasses blurred behind. Tiradito De Atun - yellow fin tuna, lime and ginger leche de tigre, smoka jalapeno emulsion, beetroot
overhead view of a white bowl in which there is beef casserole, just on its own, no accompanying carb. Ate it like a thick soup.
black and white image of a worker's cottage, overgrown grass, trees with no leaves, overhead wires, an overcast sky and what looks to be a government sign saying "Permanent Water Saving Rules Apply".
overhead view of a selection of mini-cakes from left clockwise, a mars bar cake, vanilla sponge, chocolate mousses, fruit tart, black forest
A speckled plate on which is a huge helping of hot chips, crumbed calamari pieces, tartare sauce on the side and a garden salad. In the background, other meals and various glasses on the table.
A classical painting of a man dressed in green, yellow and white checks all over, holding a staff and hat, with something under his arm Caption: They call me ranch ... cos I be dressin
an overhead view of a hot chocolate in a glass on a black saucer. The chocolate has heaert-shaped latte art
Side view of a beef casserole in a white vintage casserole dish with a blue cornflower pattern.
Beef stir fry with vegetables and noodles in the wok - carrots, red capsicum, bok choy - garlic, coriander, soy sauce, oyster sauce, lemon juice, sugar. Added some heat on serving.
Google search suggesting it was a fungal problem, with a long action plan
a photo of a beach with beige coloured sand. Rain is approaching. A slate line of coloud, water that goes from light blue to green; olive-grey, green and brown shrubs in the foreground.
A cave-like kitchen with stone walls and a large half-circular fireplace. A small window at the back. A man sits at a table there. To the front, a Woman on a stool peels turnips. This is Florence Heads, who was painted by her employer. A child is on the floor near the potato bucket. The room has simple wooden furniture. The Kitchen of Barra Castle, Aberdeenshire 1854 James Cassie (1819–1879) oil on board Aberdeen Archives, Gallery & Museums. Image in the public domain
Three upside down bats, but the photo makes them right way up, their wings looking like crossed arms. Caption: Batstreet Boys
overhead view of two lamb backstrap portions being seared in a pan with two fresh rosemary sprigs and olive oil
botanical illustration of gooseberries on the vine in various stages of ripeness from very green to crimson Vintage European gooseberry. Original from Biodiversity Heritage Library. Digitally enhanced by rawpixel.
botanical illustration at top a turnip and at the bottom two carrots. The vegetables lay flat Study of turnips and carrots (1751) vegetable illustration by Johanna Fosie. Original public domain image from The Statens Museum for Kunst. Digitally enhanced by rawpixel.
overhead view of a bowl in which there is a neat mound of rice topped with stew that is also in the bowl. Parsley to garnish. Ground pepper.
overhead view of a black bowl containing an orangey curry sauce, dumplings, pak choy, sprinkled with buts and coriander
Photo of TV with a chef at stovetop and a lemon pasta in pan. Caption: I started to remove elements, leaving only what was essential
The movie poster for Nonnas featuring Vince Vaughan, and the four Nonnas wearing aprons around a table with food and wine and the title "Nonnas". Some clunky lines but generally heartwarming, and the connection of food and mother speaks to many of us. Nice weeknight watch. Susan Sarandon looks and is great. Vince Vaughn delivers a better performance than I expected. Would have liked more Nonna moments.
overhead view of the tarte tatin style pancake, a stack of what may be two pancakes topped with ice cream and a cherry and what looks to be pear or apple slices baked into the bottom of the pancake which has been reverse. Syrup, nuts and berries surround the pancake on the plate
Pierogi that have been boiled getting a little fry with butter in a pan
medieval meme of a woman looking off into the distance holding a goblet, possibly having a wardrobe malfunction. Caption: When I'm feeling suspiciously relaxed - what responsibility have I forgotten?
Medieval mem, two characters rolling dice: Hooded figure (Death?): Why have you got waffles on your head? Second person with tablets (10 commandments?) on ears: Fashion
in a white bowl, chorizo. pilaf, visible rice, chunks of sweet potato, peas, crispy chorizo and parsley
Botanical illustration of whole fruit, cut fruit and blossom, from top a blood orange, then a Sustain (an old variety of sweet orange), and finally a tangerine Vintage illustration of digitally enhanced from vintage edition of The Fruit Grower's Guide (1891) by John Wright. Image: Rawpixel
Close up of barramundi baked for 20 mins with lemon and chopped roasted potato, sweet potato and cauliflower. Similar plate behind.
Apple and sultana pantry cake. A slice of cake in the foreground wiht a strawberry and blueberries and the cake blurred behind recipe: https://stewedpears.com/apple-and-sultana-pantry-cake/
A huge square slab of vanilla slice (flaky pastry, vanilla custard filling and icing on top) in a box
Pierre Bonnard, Woman with Dog, or Woman and Dog at Table (Femme au chien, ou Femme et chien à table) 1908. Oil on cardboard. https://collection.barnesfoundation.org/objects/6869/Woman-with-Dog-or-Woman-and-Dog-at-Table-(Femme-au-chien-ou-Femme-et-chien-a-table)/
a picture of a plate of boat shaped pasta - Tortellacci burro e salvia, Alessandra, Emilia-Romagna
Looking upwards through the trunks of a forest of trees
Chicken breast pieces in the pan, with a cream sauce bubbling away and fresh basil torn in
Close up of Jamie Oliver's face as he watches oil drip onto focaccia dough
A photo from above of three serving platters/bowls. From top left clockwise, an avocado, walnut salad, a platter of turkey with cranberry and tomato slices with mozzarella and basil, roasted pumpkin with toasted pine nuts on a bed of very sad-looking rocket/arugula
An imperious looking gentlemen is gesticulating. Caption: "This painting is titled, Would it hurt you to put the dirty bowl in the dishwasher"
On the stove in a pot, a very soupy looking mixture of onion, garlic, capers, stock, cream and risoni (orzo) that has just had the baby peas, lemon juice and baby spinach added. A wooden spoon and a lemon in the background