Herbs

Piquant Pizza with Goat’s Cheese, Chorizo and Chillies for a Great Midweek Supper

Fish on Friday and a Wet Barbecue Weather Recipe! Herb Marinated BBQ Scallop & Bacon Skewers (Kebabs)

Somerset Goats in my Kitchen! Ethel’s Old Thyme Goat’s Cheese and Tomato Tart

Flaming June: Getting ready for the Salad Season – Fantastique Jam Jar French Dressing

Birthdays and Party Food! Cream Cheese & Salmon Spread with Wild Garlic

Herbs on Saturday: Marinated English Goat’s Cheese with Wild Garlic, Stem Ginger and Herbs

Luxury Scottish Fish on Friday and a Classic Recipe – Omelette Arnold Bennett

Retro Chic Comfort Food, The Grand National & Rumbledethumps – Scottish Potato, Cabbage & Cheese Gratin with Chives

Lucky Friday the 13th with Tasty Fish on Friday – Brandade de Morue, French Salt Cod and Potato Gratin

The Secret Recipe Club and Home Made Sausage served Italian Style

Scottish Seafood Chowder – Cullen Skink my way…….with Smoked Whiting

Pan-Fried Wild Scottish Halibut in a Brown Shrimp Butter Sauce for an Elegant Lunch

Herbs on Saturday – English Cream of Sorrel Soup with Peas

Floral Gift in a Jar – Home-made Sweet Violet Sugar for Cakes and Bakes

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

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…