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Friday, April 19, 2013
Side, Le pays des Orangers/ Side, The Land of Orange trees
Wednesday, April 3, 2013
Merveilles de Pâques / Easter Beauties
Comment ne pas rester reveur devant le travail delicat de Ghislain Gaille. On retourne aisément aux reves d'enfance.
How not to stay like a dreamer in front of Ghislain Gaille fine work. One returns so easily in the childhoods dreams.
How not to stay like a dreamer in front of Ghislain Gaille fine work. One returns so easily in the childhoods dreams.
Wednesday, March 20, 2013
Sunday, March 17, 2013
Bravo Yusuf !!!!!!
apres quelques semaines de preparation au World Master Chocolate de Barry Callebaut, Yusuf Karal a reussi a presenter du beau travail. Dommage qu'il y ait eu meilleur mais c'est les aleas de la competition.
After few weeks of preparation to the World Master Chocolate of Barry Callebaut, Yusuf Karal has managed to present some nice work. Pitty there was stronger candidates but it is the rule of the competition.
After few weeks of preparation to the World Master Chocolate of Barry Callebaut, Yusuf Karal has managed to present some nice work. Pitty there was stronger candidates but it is the rule of the competition.
Sunday, March 10, 2013
Merveilleuses Ceramiques turques/ Wonderfull turkish ceramics
Iznik has been long forgotten even thow gorgeous turkis palaces and wonderfull mosques were still the tangible traces of this production. But sadly due to economic fail and pogroms against the greeks and armenians during the 20th century (the majority of the ceramist masters were from these two communauties) has made vanished this know how that few comtemporary turkish ceramists (like Ismail Yiğit) and the Iznik foundation try to revive. One find also from Iznik some ceramics from the 70 with are poor poteries in red clay and even today a good part of what is sold in Iznik while carrying the Iznik signature is originaly from Kütahya (so be carefull!!!).
What makes the particularity of Iznik ceramic is that it contains 80% of silice that gives it its great strenght (certain panels exposed to weather are 500 years old): Its varnish also is very difficult to optain and expalin big loss at the baking process (so higher price than Kütahya faience). The difference is notjust on price but its beauty is unic.
Monday, March 4, 2013
Nouvelle Gamme d'Eclairs / New Range of Eclairs
Nous avons lancé dernierement une nouvelle gamme d'éclairs et esperons qu'ils vous procureront beaucoup de plaisir
We have launch lately a new range of eclairs and wish it can give you great pleasure
Eclair creme patissiere a la pate de pistache d'Antep et glaçage chocolat Blanc
Antep pistachio custard cream Eclair with white chocolate ganache Glazing
Eclair ganache chocolat au lait mousse chocolat noir et glaçage ganache noire
Milk chocolate Ganache Eclair with dark chocolate mousse and dark ganache glazing
Eclair creme patissiere et marmelade de Framboise Glaçage ganache chocolat Blanc
Eclair with custard cream raspberry jam and white chocolate ganache glazing
Saturday, March 2, 2013
Hezarfen Ahmed Çelebi premier homme volant! / Hezarfen Ahmed Çelebi first flying man!
Dans un ouvrage d'un grand voyageur du 17ieme siecle Evliya Çelebi (ayant beaucoup d'exagerations mais notoirement considéré pour avoir présenté la société ottomane du 17ieme siecle et ayant documenté une trentaine de langues de l'empire) il est fait reference a ce Hezarfen en 4 phrases assez vagues qui disent que sous le regne de Murat IV il aurait volé de la Tour de Galata jusqu'a Üsküdar soit 3.3 km avec un denivelé de 85m et ce en traversant le detroit du Bosphore.
Il aurait d'abord été remercié par le Sultan qui l'aurait ensuite exilé en Algerie le jugeant dangereux.
Vu les données rationnelles du terrain et surtout les vents et courants violents au dessus du bosphore ça semble assez peu fiable mais en tout cas cela m'aura permis d'en decourir un peu plus sur les turcs et aussi d'écouter un concerto pour Ney et orchestre bien agreable.
In his last CD, the composer Fazıl Say (pianist and notorious opponent to the islamisation of the turkish public space) dedicate a Concerto to Hezarfen Ahmed Çelebi. Nothing more to ticle my curiosity to discover an alleged event from 1632 that is part of the turkish mythology.
In a 10 volumes work of a famous traveller from 17th century Evliya Çelebi (that has tendency to exagerate many facts but is considered to depict the ottoman society from that time and also for his record over 30 languages from the empire) he makes reference to this Hezarfen in 4 not very precised sentences that say that under the reign of Murat the 4th, this man would have flight from the Galata tower until Üsküdar so a distance of 3,3km with a 85m hight difference crossing the Bosphorus straight. He would have been rewarded by the Sultan but then exiled in Algeria on the suspition of being dangerous.
Considering the field configuration especially the violent winds and streams over the Bosphorus it seems not much reliable but at least it gave me the opportunity to get to know the turks better as well as to discover a very pleasant Concerto for ney and orchestra.
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