Seasonal Recipes

Mini Beef Wellingtons with Boozy Berry Sauce

Kung Pao Stir-Fry Chicken and Noodle Bowls

Mum’s Recipe for Michaelmas Dumplings

Preserving the Season – Seedless Blackberry Jam

Preserving the Season – Rowan & Apple Jelly

Vanilla & Summer Fruit Pavlova

Maghreb Chicken with Preserved Lemons

Marinated Goats Cheese with Stem Ginger

4th July Independence Day Recipes

Cheesy Roast New Potatoes with Wild Garlic

British Strawberries and Asparagus…..

Roast Chicken with Grapes and Shallots

Durban Style Lamb and Apricot Curry

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…