Bringing a Taste of Britain Home: Traditional British Baking Recipes in Pork Pies and the Perfect Pickle

Bringing a Taste of Britain Home.
There’s something about food that pulls at the heartstrings, a certain pie, a particular cake, a smell that instantly transports you back to another place, another time. Years ago, I realised just how much we missed the food we grew up with. Not just any food, but proper British baking: pork pies with jelly, Scotch eggs with the perfect crunch, Eccles cakes with their sticky sweetness, and flaky sausage rolls that crumbled in your hand.
What started in our own kitchen soon grew into something bigger. We weren’t the only ones craving a slice of home. A community quietly formed around the comforting flavours of childhood memories and Sunday family tables.
We baked for the people who knew exactly what a pork pie should taste like. We made Battenberg for those who remembered it from their grandmother’s kitchen, and Victoria sponge that brought back memories of village fêtes and school cake stalls. Each recipe we made was steeped in the traditions that connect us across generations and across the miles.
It wasn’t just about the food. It was about belonging. About giving people, expats and locals alike, a little reminder that home is never really that far away.

The Spirit Lives On.
Though our ovens have long since cooled, the spirit behind every bake has not. It lives on, in the handwritten recipe cards tucked into drawers, the Sunday afternoon tea times still enjoyed, and the shared stories that have become part of so many kitchens.
Pork Pies and the Perfect Pickle is the natural continuation of that story. A cookbook, yes, but more than that, it’s a celebration of how food holds us together, even when we’re far from where we started.
It’s filled with traditional British recipes, lovingly recreated from both my family's kitchen and the bakery days,  foods that comfort, delight, and remind us of who we are.
For anyone who still craves a taste of Britain, a memory of a Sunday roast, or the simple joy of a slice of Battenberg with a cup of tea, this book is for you.
It’s for the ones who miss home, for the ones teaching the next generation what a real pork pie tastes like, and for those who know that sometimes the smallest things, a crumbling pastry, a dollop of pickle, mean the most.

Much Love and Gravy
​Leigh x