Edible Flowers

Spring Posy Victoria Sandwich Cake with Lemon Curd

The Elderflower Recipe Files

Lemon & Elderflower Cake with Raspberries

How to make a Sourdough “Focaccia Garden”

Confetti “Funfetti” Chiffon Cake for Easter Sunday Tea

Topsy Turvy Blackcurrant Cheesecake Trifles for Easter!

Summer French Cheese Cake Tower

“Kladdkaka” Swedish Chocolate Fudge Cake

Tian Provençal (Summer Vegetable Gratin)

Provençal Stuffed Apricot & Goat’s Cheese Salad with Edible Flowers

Foraging and Cooking with Les Aventurières du Goût in Provence

Freshness Frozen, Edible Flower Ice Cubes and Ice Sculptures!

Floral and Flavoured Butter: Rosemary Flower Butter with Grana Padano Cheese

Blue on Blue! Blue Blossom Salad: Blue Cheese, Borage & Grilled Chicken Salad Recipe

Rhubarb Cordial, Tulips, Edible Flowers and a Day at Perch Hill with Sarah Raven

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…