Lavender and Lovage

Croeso! I'm Karen; it’s lovely to see you here. I was born in South Africa, but I've lived all over the world, latterly calling North Yorkshire my home where I lived for many years before moving to SW France, although I'm now living in North Wales in an old converted Schoolhouse on the edge of Snowdonia National Park. I am a freelance food and travel writer, as well as a food stylist, and recipe developer, with a passion for art, travel, books, photography, seasonal food and especially cheese and wine. Please do get in contact with me if you have any questions about my work or commissioning me. Read More…

Latest Posts

The Lavender and Lovage Cookbook

Hot and Sour Soup with Quick Pickled Vegetables

Easy, Healthy and Delicious 360˚ Cooking

Seasonal Recipes

Savoury Baked Apples

Mongolian Beef for Crocktober

Mum’s Recipe for Michaelmas Dumplings

Travel

The Best Places In The World To Eat Street Food

Exploring in and around Salisbury

Historical Recipes

Mum’s Recipe for Michaelmas Dumplings

Preserving the Season – Seedless Blackberry Jam

Diet Recipes

Bacon, New Potato & Green Bean Salad

Guilt-Free Baked Doughnuts (Donuts)Three Ways!

21st Century Coronation Chicken

Wartime Recipes

Salmon Fishcakes with Oatcake Crumb

Celebrate “VE Day” with Potato Pete and an Authentic WWII Recipe: “Whit Salad”

On The Home Front: Original Wartime Recipes from The Great War 1914 to 1918

Lest we Forget: Remembrance Sunday and The Wartime Kitchen Recipes

Christmas Recipes

Mini Beef Wellingtons with Boozy Berry Sauce

Velouté de Noël