Pears

Somehow this week I've ended up with an over-abundance of ripe pears which I'm slowly working my way through. So far I've eaten them with cous-cous and crumbled blue cheese, sliced into porridge with maple syrup and atop a bowl of rhubarb yoghurt with some sliced almonds. I think I'll poach the remaining few, Rose Bakery style, with sugar and lemon juice tonight. 

Jean Shrimpton, Telegraph Magazine 1973

Jean Shrimpton on her family farm in Burnham, Buckinghamshire. Photographed by The Telegraph Magazine, 1973. Original Scans Courtesy of Emma Peel.

There is something so lovely about the less-lacquered Jean of the early 1970s that really appeals to me. The sturdy yet pretty maxidresses in heavy velour and cotton teamed with sensible shoes are everything I want to be wearing in Spring.