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A quick note to Instagram "photographers"
As a photographer, I use a camera. Stating the obvious? Not anymore. The meaning of the word "photographer" has drastically changed those...
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PADZ
Jun 26, 20232 min read
Better with (George, Liam, the Pope and the Queen)
A delirium about Oasis, The Beatles, the Pope and the Queen.
PADZ
May 7, 20232 min read
Petit Précis de Pâtisserie: a note to the Great British Bake Off (and other shows)
I can't help but notice that the English language is pretty messy when it comes to food. Especially pastry... Things got lost in...
PADZ
Apr 27, 20233 min read
Petit Précis de Pâtisserie: Pain aux raisins vs itself
I was surprised to see in UK/Australian cooking shows that they make the humble pain aux raisins using what they call an "enriched...
PADZ
Apr 23, 20233 min read
Making (wild) friends
I'm terrible at making human friends. I always behave awkwardly. I can't handle feelings. I don't know how to react. I don't know if I...
PADZ
Apr 18, 20233 min read
Food and I (part 5/5): the way out
I think this will be the last post regarding my eating disorders.
PADZ
Apr 12, 20232 min read
N'importe quoi or the new aesthetic order
I have to strongly disagree with the aesthetic choices of today's world. It seems to me that we live in an era that turns its back on beauty
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Apr 9, 20235 min read
Food and I (part 4/5): one year in hell
1993-1994 was just a trip to hell. It takes less long to go there than to come back... In autumn 1993, I was extremely underweight (BMI...
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Apr 5, 20234 min read
Food and I (part 3/5): the tipping point
Now that I started with my own story, I've been giving some thought about the darker parts I have to write. So far, not so good, but at...
PADZ
Apr 2, 20231 min read
Les jours ont passé, rien ne s'est passé.
Another miscellaneoux text in French. I guess one could call it "prose", but it's really free writing and nothing more. Again, I will not...
PADZ
Apr 1, 20231 min read
Une poignée d'étés
La vie n'est qu'une poignée d'étés
Allée pavée de naïveté
Aux reflets de mille libertés
PADZ
Mar 27, 20233 min read
Food & I (part 2/5): the restaurant years
As I come from a family in which no one talks to no one, I've sadly turned out just like them. I've never asked questions about this or...
PADZ
Mar 24, 20233 min read
Food & I (part 1/5): the very first years
From as far as I can remember, I was a very difficult child. I would refuse to say hello to people. I would run away from kindergarten. I...
PADZ
Mar 20, 20233 min read
The archive room
Part of my brain is an archive room. There are plenty of shelves. On those shelves, plenty of boxes. Different colors and sizes. All...
PADZ
Mar 17, 20232 min read
Smells, taste and cooking shows
Can you smell this? A wild animal could for sure, but can you? I have a very good sense of smell (officially called hyperosmia, it's "an...
PADZ
Mar 15, 20232 min read
Sol Invictus (An introduction)
I have to start this blog with the only thing that keeps me going. I've always struggled with dark thoughts. I'm beyond pessimistic. I've...
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