General Recipes

Mum’s Recipe for Michaelmas Dumplings

Preserving the Season – Seedless Blackberry Jam

Preserving the Season – Rowan & Apple Jelly

Marinated Goats Cheese with Stem Ginger

Roast Chicken with Grapes and Shallots

Leek & Chicken Casserole with Baked Dumplings

Welsh Cawl (Lamb & Vegetable Stew)

Healthy Chilli Taco Bake with Popchips

Beef Collops for Collop Monday

Welsh Shearing Cake (Cacen Gneifo)

Christmas Eve Fireside Supper Chicken & Ham Pie

Party Food: Devilled Egg Baguette Bites

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…