Christmas

Recipe: The Calendar Girls Curvaceous Cranberry and Kumquat Sauce with Port

Fourth Advent Candle, Candied Orange Peel and Day Eighteen on the Advent Calendar

Christmas Fairy Cakes in a Jar, Day Seventeen on the Advent Calendar and The Big Christmas Bake-off

What to do with a Cuddle of Chocolate Truffles! Day Fourteen on the Advent Calendar and a Chocolate Truffle Tree

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

Day Twelve on the Advent Calendar, We Should Cocoa and Chocolate Orange Cake Truffles

The Third Advent Candle, Day Eleven on the Advent Calendar and Cumberland Rum Butter

The Snowman, Day Eight on the Advent Calendar and Snowman Soup for Children!

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

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

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

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

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

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…