All Year Recipes

Simple Grilled B & B Breakfast

Healthy Saag Paneer for Meat Free Monday

Traditional “Bara Brith” Tea Loaf

Traditional Sourdough Couronne Bordelaise

Romantic “Chocolate Box” Chocolate Cakes

Cheese and Garlic Sourdough Bread

Coconut, Ginger and Spinach Dhal

Strawberries and Cream Pancake Party Platter

Scottish Rumbledethumps for Burns Night

Avocado and Feta Toast with Chives

Steak and Mexican Bean Salad with Baby Spinach

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…