Recipes – Jill Orme Photography

23 Jan 2024

Preparation

by JDO | posted in: Food, Fruit and vegetables, Recipes, Still life | 0

Well, not preparation exactly. More like thinking about preparation. For a start, I won’t be reaming the oranges by hand this year – I’ve done it many times before, but now I’m old I’ve decided to give my hands a … Continued

21 Mar 2022

Cowslip

by JDO | posted in: Flowers and plants, Food, My garden, Recipes, Worcestershire | 0

My garden hosts numerous primroses, but only two small patches of cowslip. This one is under the tree canopy down in the rather boggy wild garden – which on paper isn’t ideal territory for a plant that’s said to favour … Continued

19 Feb 2022

Retro Saturday

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Apologies to the vegetarians in the room. On winter Saturdays I quite often make a casserole in the slow cooker, keeping some of it aside in the fridge for Sunday lunch, and portioning the rest for the freezer. Today, though … Continued

15 Jan 2022

Fare

by JDO | posted in: Birds, My garden, Recipes, Worcestershire | 0

Fieldfare exchange is no robbery – is that how it goes? Something like that, anyway. I was busily constructing a Catalan chicken stew, which is one of R’s absolutely favourite dishes, when he walked through the kitchen and said, “Is … Continued

27 Dec 2020

Emergency ingredient blip

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They say that bad things come in threes, but luckily I’m not superstitious, and I’m not counting. I woke up this morning, tried to turn over, and discovered that I couldn’t, because I’d put my back out at some point … Continued

20 Dec 2020

Lunch

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I didn’t have much time to spare today, so it seemed sensible to multi-task by photographing some of the ingredients I then used to make lunch. We were having pulled pork in a date sauce (prepared by Waitrose, rather than … Continued

13 Dec 2020

Time for tiffin

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When L and G got married last year they chose not to have a traditional wedding cake. Instead they asked close friends and family to contribute a favourite cake, all of which were laid out on a buffet table at … Continued

21 Mar 2020

Self-care

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It was a bright sunny day today, and I skipped out into the garden expecting a veritable invertebrate explosion – only to discover that it was bitterly cold, with a searing wind. Apart from honey bees, the only things flying … Continued

15 Oct 2018

Dripping

by JDO | posted in: Fruit and vegetables, My garden, Recipes, Weather, Worcestershire | 0

Absolutely nothing of interest happened today, so I won’t test your patience by wittering on. Instead, I’ll give you two of my favourite recipes for dealing with a glut of quinces (with apologies if you’ve been with me long enough … Continued