All Year Recipes

Smoked and Poached Salmon Pate

Apple & Mincemeat Gingerbread Tea Loaf

Farmhouse Sultana & Cherry Cake

Mrs Hall’s Yorkshire Dales Cooked Breakfast

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)

Traditional British Ploughman’s Lunch

Overnight Farmhouse Wholemeal Bread Loaf

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…