Family Meals

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

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

Fabulous Family Food for Friday! Butter Me Up with Butter Bean and Bacon Cassoulet

Advent, Candles, Baking Mad and an Enchanted Gingerbread House

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

Christmas Pudding Day, Stir Up Sunday and my Traditional Victorian Christmas Pudding

The Breakfast Club, Stars and Stripes and Bobby’s Home-Style Pancakes

More Spooky Family Food with a Traditional All Hallows’ Eve Supper ~ Mash O’ Nine Sorts

Dusky Orbs of Claret, Milky Mornings and Almond and Plum Tray Bake

Shabby Chic in Blue, Random Bakes of Kindness, National Baking Week and Apple Scones

Harvest Home, A Seasonal Bake for the Autumn Table, Harvest Apple Cake

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

Love Food, Hate Waste, Leftover Legends aka Bubble and Squeak Lamb Hash

Soup for Saturday ~ Farmhouse Style Ham and Split Pea Soup with Thyme

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…