I visited a persimon farm in Valencia, Spain. I’ve been working with persimons for the last month, culminating in a Halloween supper club. I’m addicted.
Food
Persimon and tamarind pani puri recipe
Persimon pani puri This is a bit fiddly and lengthy but is absolutely delicious and well worth the bother. Thanks to my sous chef Kiren Puri for the idea! Lovely as a canapé.In India they serve ...
Spanish Persimon Halloween supper club in pictures and recipes
Yes you read that right, it's persimon with one 'm', rather than two, because they come from a Spanish farm near Valencia. Persimons are also known as Sharon fruit or kaki fruit, and come in two ...
A weekend at Littlecote House, Wiltshire
Readers may recall that my parent's had their diamond wedding anniversary earlier this year in Provence. The celebrations aren't finished! Sixty guests, one for every year, were invited to a Tudor ...
Learning to sail in Porto Rafael, Sardinia
The classic tourist destination in Sardinia is the Costa Smeralda, the emerald coast, on the North-East of the island. Emerald is the correct word for the colour of the sea, interspersed with white ...
Travel
The pastel shades of Bosa, Sardinia
Bosa is a pretty little Sardinian town on a hillside by the Temo river, a mile inland from the sea, an hour south of Alghero. There has been a town here since the Phoenicians (the Lebanese). I stayed ...
Discovering Sardinia and Alghero
This press trip, unusually, was set up by Alghero Airport, (direct flights from Luton, near London) to the North West of Sardinia, to encourage people to fly there. Which is a smart move. Unless ...
A different Greece – Kassandra peninsula
Blue blue electric blue"'Sound and Vision' David Bowie When you think of Greece, you envision the ancient stones of Athens, or the wine-dark sea and alabaster houses of the islands. Have you ...
Autumn windfall at Hampstead Ladies Pond
Ten years as a food writer and chef and I have to admit, figure and fitness suffer. This summer I did a kilometre a day swimming while on holiday. Back home, I am trying to continue at the Hampstead ...
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.