Baking

Lucky Friday the 13th with Tasty Fish on Friday – Brandade de Morue, French Salt Cod and Potato Gratin

A Clandestine Cake Club Cake Recipe for Easter Monday – Chocolate Orange Daisy Cake

Tea Time Treats for the Easter Tea Table – Little Easter Egg & Daisy Cakes with Chocolate Cheese Cake Frosting

Maundy Thursday & Royal Jam Pennies – Posh Jam Sandwiches

Sweet Easter Treats for Easter Week…..Cake, Hot Cross Buns, Eggs & Floral Baking Gifts

The Perfect Pot and Cup of English Tea with Trumpers Tea & Betty Twyford

Retro Kitchens and Vintage Kitchenalia – A Little Girl’s Dream Comes True + Top Tips in the Kitchen

The Secret Recipe Club and Home Made Sausage served Italian Style

Yorkshire Fish Pie with a Rosti Potato Topping for Fish on Friday

Bacon Connoisseurs’ Week ~ Old-Fashioned Egg & Bacon Sandwich Spread

Baking for Easter – The History of Traditional Hot Cross Buns and Hot Cross Bun Recipe

Mothering Sunday and Tea in the Parlour with Little Chocolate & Violet Fancies

A Kaleidoscope of Fancies – Fancy Little Cakes & My Mum’s Cake Shop! Guest Post

Chocolate Ale Fruit Cake – Baking Mad and Eric Lanlard

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

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…