Mother's Day

Vintage Tea Room English Madeleines

Cheese & Spring Onion Soda Bread

Traditional Baked Rhubarb Charlotte

Old-Fashioned Milk Chocolate Cake

Easy No Knead Sourdough Hot Cross Buns

Confetti “Funfetti” Chiffon Cake for Easter Sunday Tea

A Vintage Recipe: Queen Cakes for Mothering Sunday

Moelleux aux Groseilles (Redcurrant Cake)

Apple, Lemon and Elderflower Drizzle Cake

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…

Vintage Tea Room English Madeleines

Cheese & Spring Onion Soda Bread

Traditional Baked Rhubarb Charlotte

Golden Bettys

Create the Perfect Cream Tea

Lemon Curd Fairy Cakes

Old-Fashioned Milk Chocolate Cake

Lemon Shortbread Squares

Rock Cakes (Rock Buns)

Easy Simnel Cake

Easy No Knead Sourdough Hot Cross Buns

Confetti “Funfetti” Chiffon Cake for Easter Sunday Tea

A Vintage Recipe: Queen Cakes for Mothering Sunday

Moelleux aux Groseilles (Redcurrant Cake)

Apple, Lemon and Elderflower Drizzle Cake