Author Archives for Freya Erickson

Country Kitchen


Country Kitchen is not the most attractive magazine on the shelf. The first time I saw it in my local Waitrose, I thought it was a small distribution fanzine. That said, it actually has far more substance, ingredient information and down home recipes than some other current UK food publications.
The photography and printing are obviously […]

Review - The Desperate Housewives Cookbook


First things first. I have never watched Desperate Housewives. This review of The Desperate Housewives Cookbook (hereafter referred to as TDHC) will be based purely on the usability of the book and the success of the recipes, based on my own experimentation.
What I know about the show is that perhaps some of the leading ladies […]

Some Christmas Reading…


Christmas is less than two weeks away. I have been diligent: two puddings, one cake, several jars of mincemeat and some salt beef are all in the process of being ready for the big day(s). Paradoxically though, I’m still craving the food I ate in the summertime. The warm, grass scented days are refusing to […]

Five British Food Writers to Read Before You Die


It might sound a touch imperialistic to limit this to just British books, however, rest assured that I could write hundreds more lists, Top 10 American Cookbooks, 13 Most Cookable French Books, 7 Highly Desired Books on Preparing Tripe and so forth.
It’s a sad fact that many cooks these days simply use the most commonly […]

Freya Erickson

Raised on a farm in the heart of rural Essex County, Freya developed a love of the natural world at an early age. She experienced a childhood, which was becoming somewhat anachronistic in the late 1970's, helping maintain the family garden and tending to the chickens and ducks. The hedgerows and country lanes around her house provided a wide range of berries, apples, plums, and nuts. Over the years, the progression of time caught up with this enclave. The vegetables were exchanged for flowers, the chickens were exchanged for dogs, and the hedgerows were polluted by pesticides and passing vehicles. Freya always held a special place in her heart for these childhood memories and when she decided to pursue an interest in cooking it was with these memories in mind. Combining her sardonic sense of humour with a dyed in the wool love of cookery, her writing reflects both and she maintains her own blog, Writing at the Kitchen Table, which she hopes will make her wealthy but knows it will probably just make her fat…and happy.