Recipes

Foggy November, We Should Cocoa with Spiced Apple and Cranberry Chocolate Tiffin

St Catherine’s Day, Lace Makers and Cattern Cakes

Catching up with Life, Random Recipes does No Croutons Required with Celery Soup

Winter, Warm Days and Wild Purslane Salad With Olive Oil and Lemon Dressing

Christmas Pudding Day, Stir Up Sunday and my Traditional Victorian Christmas Pudding

Life in a Singleton’s Flat, Fast Food and Mexican Chicken, Tomato and Chilli Wraps

Back on the Road Again and Traditional Mincemeat for Christmas Mince Pies

Remembrance Sunday, Tea Time Treats and Dark Sticky Double Gingerbread

Baking! Pink Lady Apples and Little Apple and Custard Tartelettes

Childhood Comfort Food, Vintage China and Bananas and Custard

Baking Mad, Mich Turner and Mini Snow Flake Christmas Cakes for Let’s Make Christmas

Gifts in a Jar, The Day after Bonfire Night and Home-Made Irish Cream Liqueur

Making Winter, Baking with Mum and Wee Whisky Doused Hogmanay Dundee Cakes

A Veritable British Classic, Tea Time Treats and a Baking Day!

Gifts in a Jar, Let’s Make Christmas and Marinated Mushrooms with Herbs

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…