All Year Recipes

The Ultimate Leftovers Feast ~ Bubble and Squeak

Single Malt Whisky and a Traditional Tea Time Dundee Cake for New Year

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

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

Bonny Scotland, St Andrew’s Day and Fruited Tea Loaf with Whisky

Catching up with Life, Random Recipes does No Croutons Required with Celery Soup

Childhood Comfort Food, Vintage China and Bananas and Custard

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

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

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

Books, Films and Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe

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

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

Michaelmas, Blackberries, Devils Spit Day and Michaelmas Dumplings

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…