Winter Recipes

A Bonfire Treat! Sticky Yorkshire Ginger Parkin with Quince and Pomegranate Compote

A Seasonal Slow Sunday Supper: Aromatic Beef and Quince Tagine with Pomegranate

The Secret Recipe Club: Without Adornment – Slow Cooker Coconut Chicken Curry

Herbs on Saturday and a Bowl of Wild Garlic, Lemon & Lovage Soup

Magical Christmas Fairy Cakes for Christmas Eve

Le Creuset Guest Recipe Post ~ Chicken with Black Grapes and Marsala Sauce

St Lucy’s Day, A Special Birthday and Saffron Cakes ~ Lussekatter

Gift in a Jar, Day Four on the Advent Calendar and Christmas Morning Tea

Back on the Road Again and Traditional Mincemeat for Christmas Mince Pies

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

Making Winter, Baking with Mum and Wee Whisky Doused Hogmanay Dundee Cakes

The Scented Home, Flowers and Boozy Mincemeat for Let’s Make Christmas

Slow Cooked Brisket of Beef with a Medley of Root Vegetables ~ Slow Sunday ~

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…