Flowers

Top Vegetables and Fruits to Plant for a Thriving Autumn Garden

Country Cottage Recipes for Afternoon Tea Week

The Elderflower Recipe Files

How to make a Sourdough “Focaccia Garden”

Wellness & Flowers at RHS Chelsea Flower Show

The Lavender & Lovage “Grow Your Own” Kitchen Garden

Provençal Stuffed Apricot & Goat’s Cheese Salad with Edible Flowers

A Sultry Summer Salad: Heirloom Tomato & Chive Flower Salad

Freshness Frozen, Edible Flower Ice Cubes and Ice Sculptures!

Mothering Sunday (Mother’s Day) Recipes: Cakes, Scones, Tarts & Sandwiches

Blue on Blue! Blue Blossom Salad: Blue Cheese, Borage & Grilled Chicken Salad Recipe

The Smell of Summer with a Floral Salad Recipe: Egg and Tomato Salad with Marigold & Chive Flowers

Floral Sunday Baking: Old-Fashioned Rose Lemonade Scones Recipe

Old Fashioned Roses and an English Garden Salad with Cheese and Eggs

Rhubarb Cordial, Tulips, Edible Flowers and a Day at Perch Hill with Sarah Raven

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…