General Recipes

Easy Simmer and Stir Christmas Cake

Smoked and Poached Salmon Pate

Jamaica Ginger Cake & Mulled Wine Pear Trifle

Farmhouse Sultana & Cherry Cake

Mrs Hall’s Yorkshire Dales Cooked Breakfast

Apple In and Out (Baked Suet Apple Pudding)

Yorkshire Sly Cake (Dried Fruit & Nut Pie)

Microwave Golden Syrup Mug Cakes

Country Cottage Recipes for Afternoon Tea Week

Vintage Tea Room English Madeleines

Wartime Eggless Fruit Cake (Vinegar Cake)

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…