Afternoon Tea

Scones – Wensleydale Cheese, Leek & Walnut Scones for Tea Time Treats

Who ate all the Pies? British Pie Week & my Farmhouse Egg and Bacon Pie

Maple Syrup Walnut Layer Cake with Fudge Frosting – The Pink Whisk Recipe Challenge & Save the Children

A Surfeit of Lemons and a Traditional Preserve – Home-made Lemon and Ginger Marmalade

Hot Buttered Crumpets for a Snowy Day – Home-made Crumpet Recipe for a Tea Time Treat

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

Magical Christmas Fairy Cakes for Christmas Eve

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

Foggy November, We Should Cocoa with Spiced Apple and Cranberry Chocolate Tiffin

Remembrance Sunday, Tea Time Treats and Dark Sticky Double Gingerbread

Baking! Pink Lady Apples and Little Apple and Custard Tartelettes

Getting ready for Halloween, Fun for the Kids in the Kitchen and Twit Woo Hooting Halloween Owl Cupcakes

Shabby Chic in Blue, Random Bakes of Kindness, National Baking Week and Apple Scones

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

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

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…