Jam

Wild Meadow Flowers, Buttery Brioche & Traditional Greengage Jam Recipe

Elderberries, Hedgerow Harvests and A Cornucopia of Preserves for the Autumn Pantry

Flowers and Fools, Peaches and Pies: Easy Late Summertime Recipes…..

A “Secret” Baked Layer Cake: Scottish Rhubarb & Ginger Crunchy Streusel Cake Recipe

Sepia Saturday with Be-Ro, Tea Time Treats and Rich Jam and Coconut Cake Recipe

A Provence Summer Preserve ~ French Set Apricot and Lavender Jam (Confiture)

Sweet Easter Treats for Easter Week…..Cake, Hot Cross Buns, Eggs & Floral Baking Gifts

Chocolate Ale Fruit Cake – Baking Mad and Eric Lanlard

Alchemy and Stained Glass Windows…..Home-made Quince Jelly

The Fig Tree, "The Auberge" and Fresh Fig and Ginger Jam

The Breakfast Club, Boozy Toast, Poor Knights of Windsor, Pain Perdu or French Toast?

Sweet Tuesday, introducing….High Dumpsy Dearie, a Traditional English Autumn Fruit Jam ~

Last of the Quince Quartet and A Saucy Little Number! Quince and Wild Plum Cumberland Sauce

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…