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Bacon Connoisseurs’ Week ~ Old-Fashioned Egg & Bacon Sandwich Spread

Baking for Easter – The History of Traditional Hot Cross Buns and Hot Cross Bun Recipe

Traditions on Monday – Traditional Easter Marbled Pace Eggs

Mothering Sunday and Tea in the Parlour with Little Chocolate & Violet Fancies

A Random Recipe – Finkadella: Scottish Meatballs with Carrots & Leeks

Scottish Seafood Chowder – Cullen Skink my way…….with Smoked Whiting

Pan-Fried Wild Scottish Halibut in a Brown Shrimp Butter Sauce for an Elegant Lunch

Spring Flowers and Spiced Red Lentil & Carrot Soup with Frazzled Onions

A Kaleidoscope of Fancies – Fancy Little Cakes & My Mum’s Cake Shop! Guest Post

Chocolate Ale Fruit Cake – Baking Mad and Eric Lanlard

Herbs on Saturday – English Cream of Sorrel Soup with Peas

Fish on Friday – Old-Fashioned Fish Pie with Cheesy Mash

Victorian Spring Posy Cake for Easter or Mother’s Day using Crystallised Violets

Floral Gift in a Jar – Home-made Sweet Violet Sugar for Cakes and Bakes

Pan-Fried Sea Bass Fillets in a Pastis & Caper Butter Sauce served with Marsh Samphire

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…