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My Guest Post On Life's A Feast: Frankfurter Kranz Gattines

On Thursday, Jamie from Life's A Feast was my guest and posted her beautiful Caramel Pears & Chocolate Pastry Cream Mille-Feuilles.

Today, I'm guest posting on her blog - I whipped up some Frankfurter Kranz Gattines and she really liked them - yay! To see my full post with more pictures and the recipe, please click HERE. To read some of Jamie's stunning writing, please visit Life's A Feast. Enjoy!

Guest Post: Jamie's Caramelized Pears & Chocolate Pastry Cream Mille-Feuilles

This week's post is very special to me - a guest post by Jamie from Life's A Feast. I've been a fan of Jamie's blog for some time now and I get more and more excited with each of her new posts. It's not just her easy to follow recipes, her homestyle comfort cooking, her über-fabulous retro images, but above all, it's her writing - that's what really does it for me. You've probably already read some of Jamie's work right here on Mowielicious and didn't know it: the main body for the two Food Blogger Connect posts were written by her, see HERE and HERE. There's something about Jamie's writing that works like magic for me, like I recently said on twitter:  Jamie's writing makes us dream, makes us laugh and makes us fly. You can check out Jamie's blog HERE and see for yourself, but before that, please join me in giving Jamie a very warm welcome... I hope you love her as much as I do.

 

Caramelized Pears & Chocolate Pastry Cream Mille-Feuilles - A Guest Post.

Photography and words by Jamie from Life's A Feast.

A thing of beauty is a joy forever: Its loveliness increases; it will never pass into nothingness; but still will keep a bower quiet for us, and a sleep full of sweet dreams, and health, and quiet breathing…

- John Keats

A thing of beauty has always had a profound effect on me. The rich beauty of a Van Eyck, the brooding beauty of a Rothko make my knees weak and send shivers up my spine. The magnificent splendor of the Cathedral in Sienna, the majesty of Frank Lloyd Wright’s Fallingwater leave me breathless. I bury my face in a bouquet of flowers, breathing in the heady scent of beauty. A handmade quilt made with loving hands, a milliner’s confection of straw and feathers and plump silk flowers, the perfect picture of feminine beauty. And when it comes to food, place before me a chef’s creation, carefully, thoughtfully plated, tender slices of meat or fruit, a drizzle of a fragrant sauce, delicate tiny vegetables or light-as-air mousse, the red of red raspberries and currents or deep pumpkin orange, spun sugar like angel’s hair or swirls of chocolate, and my eyes fill with tears. I breath deeply to capture the aroma, every essence, every spice, I turn my eyes back to the beauty before me, I am overcome with emotion and I am reluctant to destroy the magic.

 Mowie’s blog has this effect on me. The stunning simplicity of his blog, the lushness of his photography, rich, deep colors against stark white, sensual and mysterious, the beauty of his culinary creations and I am in awe, once again breathless, speechless. His talent bursts from the whiteness of the page, his sincerity and honesty spill across the screen. It is truly a thing of beauty. 

 

Food Blogger Connect *Update*: RSVP Date Extended, Speakers & Agenda

Due to the amazing response we've received for the Food Blogger Connect conference, the RSVP date has been extended to allow everyone more of a chance to be part of this exciting event. See below for more details. 

In other news, I've got an exciting and very special guest post that will probably go up later this week. I've also been working very hard on my own posts, baking, taking pictures and being inspired by the stunning colours of our gorgeous Indian summer. More soon.

FOOD BLOGGER CONNECT 2009: MAKING IT THE FOOD BLOGGING EVENT OF THE YEAR…

… is up to you!

You’ve heard it being twitted about and seen it posted on Facebook. Wonder what all the buzz is about? Food Blogger Connect 2009! And you can be a part of it!

So far, the response has been electric and we’ve reached further than we ever dreamed; food bloggers are not only training in from all parts of London, not only driving in from all over Great Britain, but they will be flying in from as far away as France, Germany, India and Singapore! And you can be a part of the fun, exciting speakers and great food! Just RSVP as soon as possible and hop aboard!

Food Blogger Connect is a fabulous conference/party being held in London on Saturday, November 28 at the Lebanese restaurant Levant. This is your chance to meet your fellow food bloggers face to face over a great meal, get to know them better, share ideas, network, plan. We will have an incredible line-up of speakers – some of whom you can help choose depending on what food-blog-related topics you want to hear about – with time for questions and discussion. And as a plus, we are all meeting up on Sunday for breakfast and a morning foodie tour.

Please note: We are calling for your ideas, and we look forward to hearing from you about the topics you’d like covered and who you would love to see cover them. Food Blogger Connect is the first Food Blogging conference to take place in the U.K and we need you to take the lead.

Here are the nominated topics and speakers: