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Birthdays and Party Food! Cream Cheese & Salmon Spread with Wild Garlic

The Very Merry Soup Month of May! Curried Scottish Carrot and Lentil Soup

Herbs on Saturday: Marinated English Goat’s Cheese with Wild Garlic, Stem Ginger and Herbs

Roasties are NOT just for Sunday! Perfect Scotty Brand Roast Potatoes for Tea

Ladies in Beef! British Beef Week, St George’s Day & Pub Style Peppered Stilton Steaks With Charred Onions and Chips

Last Day to Celebrate British Bread Week with my Mum’s Scottish Morning Rolls – Baps

Luxury Scottish Fish on Friday and a Classic Recipe – Omelette Arnold Bennett

Celebrating British Bread Week with Farmhouse Oatmeal Bread for Toast, Soup & Sandwiches

Frisée Salad with Artichoke Hearts, Membrillo, Manchego Cheese & Sun-Dried Tomatoes

Baps, Bloomers and Barm Cakes – Celebrating British Bread Week with Rustic Flower Pot Bread Loaves

Banderillas Picantes – Pickles on Skewers for Tapas and Random Recipes

Retro Chic Comfort Food, The Grand National & Rumbledethumps – Scottish Potato, Cabbage & Cheese Gratin with Chives

Lucky Friday the 13th with Tasty Fish on Friday – Brandade de Morue, French Salt Cod and Potato Gratin

Scottish Salt Cod for a Tapas Lunch – Bacalao Fritters – Salt Cod Fritters with Saffron and Pimenton

“Poor Man’s Bread” – Victorian Watercress Tea Sandwiches for High Tea, Children’s School Lunchbox and Picnics

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…