Spice Mixes

Traditional Homemade Pickled Onions

Roast Parsnips with Brown Sugar and Cinnamon

Maghreb Chicken with Preserved Lemons

Festive Spiced Ham, Cheese and Leftovers for Twelfth Night

Oven Roasted Herb Crusted New Potatoes

Christmas in a Jar – Pickled Shallots

Exotic Chips/Fries! Chilli Roasted Sweet Potato Chips with a Marigold Petal Masala Dust

Slow Cooking with the Ginger Pig! Pulled Pork with a Spicy Rub (Slow Cooker/Crock Pot) Recipe

La Plancha: Chilli Peppered Chicken Steaks & Mediterranean Goat’s Cheese Vegetable Stacks

BBQ Spices that Sing! Lemon and Sweet Pepper Chicken Kebabs Recipe

The Secret Recipe Club: Mexican Taco Seasoning with Fried Ice and Donut Holes

Gifts in a Jar, Let’s Make Christmas and Christmas Day Spiced Coffee

Gifts in a Jar ~ Mixed Spice ~ Old Fashioned English Pudding Spice

National Curry Week, The Gurkhas and Kukhra Alainchi Sanga ~ Chicken Cardamom Curry ~

Lavender and Lace……..and French Lavender and Vanilla Sugar for Elegant Cakes and Bakes

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…