Cheese

Celebrating National Stilton Week with Auld Alliance: Potted Blue Cheese and Scotch Whisky

Frisée Salad with Artichoke Hearts, Membrillo, Manchego Cheese & Sun-Dried Tomatoes

Retro Chic Comfort Food, The Grand National & Rumbledethumps – Scottish Potato, Cabbage & Cheese Gratin with Chives

Saturday Supper Club – Quick and Easy Mixed Courgette & Cherry Tomato Clafoutis with Cheese

Fish on Friday – Old-Fashioned Fish Pie with Cheesy Mash

Scones – Wensleydale Cheese, Leek & Walnut Scones for Tea Time Treats

The Secret Recipe Club – Cream Cheese Chicken Enchiladas

Thyme Scented Baked Onions with Bacon & Cheese for Herbs on Saturday

Slow Sunday with Fish & Pancakes – Luxury Seafood Pancakes au Gratin

Fish on Friday: Smoked, Peppered Mackerel Pâté with Rye Bread Toasts

Soul Food Soup! Creamy Cauliflower & Stilton Cheese Soup for Random Recipes

Romance, Chocolate, Vanilla & Beetroot! Hot Chèvre & Beetroot Salad with Chocolate and Vanilla Balsamic Drizzle

Welsh Vegetarian Sausages for a Family Supper – Glamorgan Sausages (Selsig Morgannwg)

Plough Monday, Cottage Loaf and a Ploughman’s Lunch (Recipes)

New Year’s Eve and A Trio of Appetisers from the Lavender and Lovage Kitchen!

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…