Historical Recipes

Old-Fashioned Coconut Macaroons

Old-Fashioned Almond Rice Cakes

Old-Fashioned Tea Cake Squares

Old-Fashioned Milk Chocolate Cake

Traditional Homemade Pickled Onions

Jam & Coconut Sponge with Pink Custard

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…

Old-Fashioned Coconut Macaroons

Old-Fashioned Almond Rice Cakes

Traditional Easter Pace Eggs

Old-Fashioned Tea Cake Squares

Old-Fashioned Milk Chocolate Cake

Welsh Crempog (Crempogau)

Welsh Onion Cake

Hikers’ Walnut Bread

Manor House Cake

Whitby Lemon Buns

Traditional Oxtail Stew

Cheese & Onion Plate Pie

Traditional Homemade Pickled Onions

Jam & Coconut Sponge with Pink Custard

Traditional Yorkshire Parkin