Seasonal Recipes

November is Happy Birthday for Tea Time Treats: Salted Caramel and Chocolate Fudge Birthday Cake Recipe

Just for the Grown-Ups for All Hallow’s Eve – Creepy Crawly Curried Devilled Eggs!

Just for the Kids – Ghoulish Ghostly Cinnamon Toast for Halloween!

Sunday Lunch: Roast Pumpkin Salad with Pancetta, Grana Padano and Pumpkin Seeds

Spooky Family Food and Baking Recipes for Halloween: Spiders, Owls and Mashed Spuds with a Twist!

Easy Peasy Fish on Friday Recipe: Family Friendly Fabulous Fish Pie

Mid-Week Meal Plan, 5:2 Diet and Hungarian Savoury Minced Beef Recipe

Organic October and Autumn Suppers: Bonfire Chilli with Beef, Chocolate and Pumpkin

Apple Day, Victorian Orchards and Apple & Dorset Blue Vinny Scone Bread Recipe

Fish on Friday: My Guilty Pleasure – Fish Finger Sandwiches for Tea

5:2 Diet: Comfort Food that’s Low in Calories! Très Rapide French Tarragon Chicken

From the Autumn Preserves Pantry – Apple, Fig and Pear Chutney with Cardamom

Fresh Fruit for the Office with Fruitdrop, The Quince Tree and Baked Orchard Fruits with Vanilla and Honey

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

Taste the Season with British Apples and Pears: Apple, Bramble & Pear Tray Bake Recipe

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…