Why do we import apples and pears from South Africa? Because British apples and pears, that have been stored over winter, have now run out. There are no more British apples and pears until late summer. Out of season, the fruit is shipped, not flown, from South Africa, so it has a low carbon footprint….
We think of Italy as the land of pasta and tomato sauce. However pasta was a feast day dish, requiring time and many hands, until industrialised dried pasta was invented, which transformed it into an ...
Popped up to Paisley in Scotland for the food and drink festival which now features a vegan section. Paisley is famous for the 'paisley' pattern, a decorative woven teardrop, known in Persian as a ...
Last winter, I met farmer David Turton of the Wasabi Company just outside of Winchester. This area has been famous for watercress - which has similar growing requirements to Japanese horseradish, ...
I've known Michelle Eshkeri for almost a decade now. We fell out for a bit. It was stupid, and I missed her. She's always been at the forefront of food trends and can talk knowledgeably about the ...
The old quarter of Caceres is one of the settings for the Game of Thones TV series. A renaissance web of cobbled squares, narrow lanes, an ancient archway, the filmmakers would have had to change very ...
We associate cherry blossom or 'sakura' with Japan, but the Jerte Valley in Extremadura, Spain, has its own glorious display in March and April. The Jerte Valley is mostly planted with Picota ...
Proper strudels are made from very thin pastry rolled out so thin it will stretch over a table like a vast floury cloth. It should be so fine that you could read a newspaper through it. I've seen it ...
Goulash is a cowboy stew for plainsmen in Hungary. Traditionally it is made with meat but I have created a vegan/vegetarian version. I used sweet paprika bought in Budapest and I must say, it's very ...
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.