The message of this blog post can be summed up as: try adding tahini to soups, it’s very nice.
Food
Picota cherry season recipes
Last year I visited the Jerte Valley in Spain, where they grow the Picota cherries, twice; once during the stunning blossom season and again when the cherries were ready. It's a short season, around ...
The Government Covid Food Box plus recipes
I'm getting a weekly government food box delivered to my door (I was deemed vulnerable due to health issues and living alone). The government should be applauded for getting this underway in such a ...
Cooking for the NHS and key workers during the Covid19 lockdown
I volunteered for the People's Army for the past three weekends to provide meals for Whittington Hospital in Archway, North London, UCH hospital in Central London, and the Marie Curie hospice in ...
My Corona lockdown and cupboard essentials
I soaked a lot of pulsesI planted many seeds I wrote this for my newspaper column six weeks ago. Then I went into a very dark space in which I felt so overwhelmed that I couldn't write my blog. ...
Travel
Shrove Tuesday ideas
I just had a big birthday, the exact number of which shall remain private. In the spirit of self-care, I decided to gift myself a much longed for trip to Japan. What inspiration! Japanese food is ...
The greedy pilgrim’s path: walking 120 kilometres to Santiago.
I've been wanting to walk the pilgrim's path to Santiago de la Compostella for decades. This is the most famous Christian pilgrimage in the world, dating from before the 8th century, a peregrination ...
I need a new suitcase
Cool couple in Bordeaux with brightly coloured suitcases. I need a new suitcase. I'm leaving for Japan next week. The two I have are broken and they didn't last long. I've been kind of obsessed ...
Aranzata – Sardinian Christmas sweet recipe
Aranzata or S'aranzata This is a little bit like Greek 'spoon sweets', a tradition where a bitter or sour fruit is candied and served with coffee. I gave these out at my Sardinian ...
MsMarmiteLover aka Kerstin Rodgers.
Chef, photographer, author, journalist, blogger. Pioneer of the supperclub movement.
This is my food and travel blog, with recipes, reviews and travel stories. I also stray into politics, feminism, gardening.