Baking

Frosted Ginger Cake with Crystallised Ginger

Cardamom, Honey and Lemon Madeleines

Four “Oat Cuisine” Recipes for Christmas Day!

Bereavement and the Festive Period

“Tear & Share” Christmas Tree Cinnamon Rolls

Spiced Cranberry & Walnut Bundt Cake

Recipes for Michaelmas and Devil’s Spit Day

Heirloom Tomato, Cheese & Herb Galette

Duck Egg Victoria Sponge Cake

Gluten Free Crustless Quiche Lorraine

Three Cheese & Apple Puff Pastry Ring

Italian Calzone – Stuffed Pizza Pasties

Mum’s Bilberry Plate Pie and Clotted Cream

Moelleux aux Groseilles (Redcurrant Cake)

Recipes for National Cream Tea Day

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…