All Year Recipes

Vanilla & Summer Fruit Pavlova

Maghreb Chicken with Preserved Lemons

Marinated Goats Cheese with Stem Ginger

4th July Independence Day Recipes

Cheesy Roast New Potatoes with Wild Garlic

Roast Chicken with Grapes and Shallots

Durban Style Lamb and Apricot Curry

Leek & Chicken Casserole with Baked Dumplings

Welsh Cawl (Lamb & Vegetable Stew)

Healthy Chilli Taco Bake with Popchips

Baked Indo-Chinese Chilli Chicken Curry

Beef Collops for Collop Monday

Welsh Shearing Cake (Cacen Gneifo)

Smoked Cheese & Onion Straws

Vanilla Honey Pikelets with Blueberries & Yogurt

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…