Historical Recipes

Preserving the Season – Rowan & Apple Jelly

Welsh Cawl (Lamb & Vegetable Stew)

Beef Collops for Collop Monday

Welsh Shearing Cake (Cacen Gneifo)

Buttermilk Biscuits with Sausage Gravy

Old-Fashioned Chewy Oatmeal & Raisin Cookies

21st Century Coronation Chicken

Updating a Classic! Bacon and Egg Caesar Salad

Pork Balchão – Goan Pickled Spiced Pork

A Vintage Recipe: Queen Cakes for Mothering Sunday

Toasted Teacakes and a Cuppa! Yorkshire Teacakes Recipe

Bannocks, Fry Bread and Indian Tacos

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…