Recipes

Crab Apples, Windfalls and Mint from the Herb Garden ~ Apple and Mint Jelly

Michaelmas, Blackberries, Devils Spit Day and Michaelmas Dumplings

Fresh from the Oven, French Hearth Bread and Three Cheese Fougasse

Roots Rule! Fleur De Sel and Make your own Beetroot, Carrot and Parsnip Crisps (Chips)

The Fig Tree, "The Auberge" and Fresh Fig and Ginger Jam

Last of the Summer Vegetables, English Allotment Soup (French Potager Soup) for Slow Sunday

Rambling Autumn Hops, Kent, Stuff on Toast and Perfect Poached Eggs

Pies, Simple Simon Met a Pieman ~ Raised Chicken and Ham Pie

Bonny Scotland for Breakfast, Bread and Baps ~ Scottish Morning Rolls

The Autumn Garden, Windfalls and Old Fashioned Scottish Apple and Ginger Chutney

The Breakfast Club, Boozy Toast, Poor Knights of Windsor, Pain Perdu or French Toast?

Autumn Pear, Fig and Goat’s Cheese Platter with Ham and Walnuts………Simple and in Season

Oat Cuisine, Kitchens, Curried Carrot and Apple Soup and Quick Oat Scone Bread

Random Recipes, The Fig Tree and Bread & Butter Pudding with Honeyed Figs

CHOCOLATE! Belgium Chocolate and Fresh Cream Truffles for We Should Cocoa.

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…