Karen S Burns-Booth

Karen S Burns-Booth

I was born in South Africa and on moving back to England I was brought up in rural Northumbria, in an old stone cottage; my earliest memories are of picking hazelnuts and foraging for wild herbs and garlic with my grandmother for her famous stew pot. The milk was delivered by the farmer and was decanted into a billy can directly from the milk churns. All of the fruit and vegetables were home-grown, and we always had fresh eggs from our hens. Although I later moved abroad several times, Hong Kong, USA, Cyprus and Germany, due to my father’s job, I also lived in Cornwall, Berkshire, Lincolnshire, Hampshire, Scotland, Herefordshire, before I finally moved to beautiful North Yorkshire, on the edge of the North York Moors, where I still have a home.I share my time between North Yorkshire and South West France, where I devote most of my time to food writing, food styling and photography. I also hold regular French and Seasonal Cooking Workshops in my specially designed kitchen. I grow most of my own vegetables and all of my own herbs – specialising in old-fashioned herbs, many that are seldom used nowadays. I am married with one daughter. I have a BA in Graphic Design and Advertising and a MA in English Literature. On leaving university, I worked in printing and publishing for several years before moving into my dream professions of cooking, writing, photography and food.