General

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

Scones – Wensleydale Cheese, Leek & Walnut Scones for Tea Time Treats

Violets and Lace……. Home-made Crystallised Violets for Cakes and Bakes

Old Fashioned Sweet Violet Syrup for Easter & Mothering Sunday Cakes & Bakes

Cake, Cake, Cake……Fresh Orange Layer Cake with Citrus Curd Buttercream

Auberge Blend – Herbes de Provence for Herbs on Saturday & my Famous Photo!

Romance, Chocolate, Vanilla & Beetroot! Hot Chèvre & Beetroot Salad with Chocolate and Vanilla Balsamic Drizzle

Slow Sunday and A Winter’s Walk Beef and Carrot Stew with Herb Crusted Dumplings

Cheat’s French Style Cassoulet – Sausage and Bean Casserole in the Slow Cooker or Le Creuset

A Fallen Angel, Big Sky, A Yorkshire Church and a Bacon Butty

Norfolk Punch, Day Five on the Advent Calendar and a North Country Mutton Hotpot

Foggy November, We Should Cocoa with Spiced Apple and Cranberry Chocolate Tiffin

Baking Mad, Mich Turner and Mini Snow Flake Christmas Cakes for Let’s Make Christmas

Last of the Quinces, Elizabeth Barrett Browning and Baked Quince Compote with Vanilla

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…