Archives for 2013

Happy New Year! Twelve Months of Recipes – “The Lavender & Lovage Calendar 2013”

A Clean Sweep for the New Year! The Key to an Organised Fridge Freezer

Round-Up: The December Cooking with Herbs AND Christmas Spices Challenge

Using Christmas Dinner Leftover Carrots for a 5:2 Diet Soup: Smoky Carrot & Coriander Soup with Croutons

Leftovers Legend! The Great Christmas Turkey, Stuffing, Bacon & Cranberry Club Sandwich

Countdown to Christmas: Recipe Ideas, Edible Gift Ideas and Meal Plans

A Countdown to Christmas Recipe: Sugar Frosted Orange & Brandy Mince Pies

A Countdown to Christmas Recipe: Frazzled Kale and Frisee salad with Pomegranate, Persimmon and Walnuts

A Countdown to Christmas Recipe: Christmas Sausage, Sage and Bacon Stuffing Loaf

Best of British Bloggers: Oven Baked Chicken Thigh Risotto with Dom and Belleau Kitchen

Christmas Jumper Day and a Birthday Girl’s Festive Table Settings for a Singleton’s Flat!

Christmas Eve Comfort Food – Christmas Carollers’ Casserole: Elizabethan Spiced Beef Stew

Festive Fun and Frivolity! Tea Cup After Eight Chocolate Mint Mousse

A Peep in my Pantry! Spices, Sauces, Pudding Bowls and Pulses……

The December Cooking with Herbs Challenge……AND Christmas Spices!

Welcome! 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 the Lincolnshire Wolds, a designated area of outstanding natural beauty, in an old Victorian cottage. 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…