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7th October 2018 • 0 Comments The survival of Guadix cave-houses

This astonishing landscape of cave-houses lies just 40 minutes from one of Andalucia’s most sophisticated...

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Fiona Dunlop is a seasoned travel and food-writer who has been ‘abroad’ for much of her life. She doesn’t count countries but aims to dig deep beneath the surface of the places she visits. Food has increasingly become her focus, without forgetting art, architecture and design. Andalucia (Spain) is her second home, but French her second language!

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Back in Blighty rescuing my last pumpkin soup - +

Back in Blighty rescuing my last pumpkin soup - + the final nasturtiums from the garden. Followed by girolles sautéed in butter with garlic & parsley - not to be sniffed at, particularly as they’re a souvenir from the Paris trottoir!
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#pumpkinsoup #nasturtiums #bowlofsoup #girolles #wildmushrooms #chanterellemushrooms #subtleflavours #mykitchen #londonlife

Not eating this time… Instead here’s another b

Not eating this time… Instead here’s another beauty of central Paris, the Galerie Vero Dodat, a covered shopping arcade that will soon clock up 200 years. Très chic but maybe too frozen in time, however beautiful?
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#galerieverododat #coveredpassage #paris1er #skylight #chequeredtiles #centralparis #secretpassage #paris

A few more dishes from around Paris - a divine sea

A few more dishes from around Paris - a divine sea bream carpaccio with lime & green pepper, oysters (of course) & a roast salmon with endives
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#indulgence #carpaccio #oysters #parisiantastes #seafood #squaretrousseau #augrandcolbert #parisrestaurants #brasseries #paris

Morning coffee at that iconic Marais classic - the

Morning coffee at that iconic Marais classic - the Petit Fer à Cheval (little horseshoe) - with its curvaceous marble counter, mosaic floor, varnished wood & over a century of (mainly) cheerful service. Big change later in the day when punters pile inside & out
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#aupetitferacheval #horseshoebar #ruevieilledutemple #lemarais #timeless #classicbar #vintagebar #paris

And then there was this little mouse … digging i

And then there was this little mouse … digging it’s way into the PInault Collection. Nice piece by British artist @ryanjgander that a lot of visitors missed - traumatised mouse? (Sound on!)
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#pinaultcollection #mouse #animatronicmouse #gatecrasher #contemporarymouse #ryangander #boursedecommerce #contemporaryart #paris

And now for some gourmet culture in these flashes

And now for some gourmet culture in these flashes of a stunning spread @restaurant_linitial courtesy @yvesmarbrier - scallops, foie gras, sea bass confit, venison…& plenty more. Un régal as they say 💛
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#eatingwithpleasure #gourmettable #linitial #parisrestaurant #tastingmenu #paris

The latest destination on the Paris art scene is t

The latest destination on the Paris art scene is the vast Pinault Collection at the Bourse de Commerce, a former grain exchange in Les Halles. An inner ring created by Tadao Ando creates galleries to showcase dozens of contemporary artists - known & unknown. Rather too many grotesque faces peering from the walls but strong pieces by Peter Doig & by Kerry James Marshall from Alabama, among others. And the taxidermied cat? Missed out on artist as captions frustratingly confusing. All in all 6/10.
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#pinaultcollection #boursedecommerce #contemporaryart #tadaoando #kerryjamesmarshall #leshalles #paris

Paris by night - a classic : : #paris #laseine #il

Paris by night - a classic
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#paris #laseine #ilesaintlouis #river #lesquais

Parisian colour & pattern
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#cafechairs #caféterrasse #squash #streetmarket #mosaicfloor #paris

Apart from o-d ing on food I’ve been visiting ol

Apart from o-d ing on food I’ve been visiting old haunts like the Galerie Vivienne where I once lived & the nearby Palais Royal where I often whiled away sunny afternoons by the fountain. But not in November …
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#paris #galerievivienne #deuxiemearrondissement
#palaisroyal #dejavu #déjàvécu

Pareeee! : : #paris #laseine #eveninglight

Pareeee!
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Back at the Courtauld in their new Project Space a

Back at the Courtauld in their new Project Space are 21 striking photos by Londoner Anthony Kersting from 1940s Kurdistan. A widely travelled specialist in architectural pics, here he was seduced by the Yazidi community - pic 1 at Lalish by the tombs of revered sheikhs & pic 2 dancing the Dabke.
The Courtauld was bequeathed over 40,000 of his photos when he died in 2008 - Would love to see more @courtauld
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#anthonykersting #photography #exhibition #travelphotography #historicalphotos #yazidi #kurdistan #lalish #middleeast
#courtauldgallery #londonlife

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