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Supper Club: recipes and notes from the underground restaurant (Harper Collins 2011)

‘This could be the book that makes me throw Nigella’s How to Eat out of my desert island haversack…a pure joy to read as well as being a thing of beauty’ – Marie-Claire Digby, The Irish Times


‘Here’s that rare and beautiful thing, a cookery book that you might conceivably want to read…enormously enjoyable, full of joy and life and passion for food and the sort of can-do attitude that makes you wonder whether you could do something like this yourself’ – The Daily Mail


‘Supper Club is oozing with Rodgers’ dishes, advice on setting up your own nights and tales of running the Underground Restaurant at her home in north-west London’ – Metro


“One of the prime movers behind the rise of the British supper club (a restaurant held in the cook’s own home), Kerstin Rodgers has an instinctive knack for making food that people really want to eat.” – Tesco Real Food


‘Supper Club by Kerstin Rodgers sheds light onto the world of underground restaurants and includes recipes from her dining clubs’ – Food & Travel


‘Author and owner of London’s famous Underground Restaurant, Kerstin Rodgers is well-known in the capital for her extraordinary dining events and creative food. Now you can recreate it for yourself with Kerstin’s down-to-earth advice and show-stopping recipes’ – Flavour


‘(Kerstin Rodgers’) book includes recipes, tips on how to run your own supper club, plus details of supper clubs around the world’ – Eat In


‘Kerstin’s recipes are an eclectic mix, taking in the homely…the quirky…and the exotic’ – Fork

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/0224098756/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1634&creative=19450&creativeASIN=0224098756&linkCode=as2&tag=theenglcancoo-21

MsMarmitelover’s Secret Tea Party (Square Peg 2014).

“The ultimate afternoon tea recipes” (Metro)


“Kerstin brings her considerable expertise to the jolliest of occasions, teatime. You’ll be inviting people over just to legitimize the baking you’ll be unable to stop doing” (Lisa Markwell Independent On Sunday)


“Written, styled and photographed by Kerstin, and accompanied with delightful illustrations by her mother, the book is packed with her warm and exuberant personality enticing you to host your own secret tea parties this year!” (fussfreeflavours.com)

 

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Vegan-ultimate-cookbook-amazing-recipes/dp/1849495033

V is for Vegan: The ultimate vegan cookbook packed full of amazing recipes (Quadrille 2015)

V is for Vegan by Kerstin Rodgers (Quadrille) with genius ramen hacks, 13 excellent things on toast, fritters and fries, pizzettes and uthappams (“a large, shallow sub-continental crumpet”) and some of the finest food photography out there. (Guardian)

Amazon reviews for V is for Vegan:


“Colourful and modern. she really has pulled out all the stops and done an amazing book. not vegan but now can’t wait to try these unusual recipes.”

“…This is where I trust Rodgers. Having attended her
supper clubs, I know that she can bring out intensely savoury flavours
without using meat and that her menus always include an abundance of
fresh ingredients. Who better to broaden my horizons and introduce me to
really tasty food that contains no meat or fish – and no cheese or eggs
either?”


http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1473600367/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1634&creative=19450&creativeASIN=1473600367&linkCode=as2&tag=theenglcancoo-21

Get started in food writing: Teach Yourself (Hodder Staughton 2015. )

Are you thinking of starting a food blog, or have you always wanted to promote and distribute your own recipes? Would you like to be the next Nigel Slater or Jay Rayner? This is an engaging, enlightening and utterly indispensable guide to how to write about food. From sharing family recipes to starting a supper club, promoting the latest gastronomical trend or advertising your amazing diet tips, this book gives friendly, clear and readable guidance from one of the UK’s most popular bloggers. It includes tips on great food photography and strategies for building your brand and securing TV appearances or regular press commissions.


“Full of blunt, good advice” Sheila Dillon, BBC Radio 4’s The Food Programme


Amazon reviews for Get Started in Food Writing:

5.0 out of 5 stars “As a food-writing coach and mentor, I greatly welcome the arrival of this guide.” 27 Oct. 2015

By Sally-Jayne Wright
Format:Paperback
The food writing scene is… as slippery as rice noodles. That’s the underlying message I take away from Rodgers’ Get Starting in Food Writing. Social media platforms fall in and out of favour, technology evolves and competitors abound. Food writers without a trust fund or partner to bring home the pancetta will struggle. The coffee table cookbooks of the future will contain no chat, just recipes and lavish photos to appeal to a global market; food blogs will become, if they haven’t already, an extension of the PR industry.
That said, as a food-writing coach and mentor, I greatly welcome the arrival of this generous, thought-provoking and up-to-date guide. It explains blogs and has great tips and writing exercises. It’s thorough, forthright, informative and funny: (Food writers would) ‘rather eat than have sex’. You feel that Rodgers genuinely attempts to get to grips with the complex times we’re living through: ‘Blogging started off as a stepping stone to a food writing career but is also one of the reasons why a paid food writing career is increasingly difficult to achieve.’
Looking forward to the updated version in a couple of years when everything will have changed again. For now, I recommend it to my students.
Sally-Jayne Wright, food journalist and food writing coach – sally-jaynewright.co.uk @SJWrightonfood
5.0 out of 5 stars Gritty advice that is invaluable for all aspiring food bloggers and food writers 25 Aug. 2015
By K. Booth
Format:Paperback
A practical and yet very entertaining book that covers all aspects of food writing; this book is a “Le Must Have” for all aspiring bloggers, food writers and food journalists. Written in a very distinctive style, the book advises but never chides, and offers invaluable help for those who want to make a career in the food writing industry. Chapters cover types of food writing, blogging about food, promoting your work via social media, how to get a book deal and many more helpful chapters on earning money via food writing, appearing on TV and radio and how to take great photographs of food. There are some practical exercises throughout the book to get you started on your food writing career as well as interviews with key people in the industry. A valuable book for all who want to write about food, the book is aimed at all levels and is up to date too.
5.0 out of 5 stars Practical, credible, useful and really entertaining resource 30 July 2015
By Sally Prosser
Format:Paperback|Verified Purchase
There are very few good books about food writing and even fewer with an emphasis on the UK. This book fills this gap in so many ways. Well-researched and thorough it covers a wide range of topics around getting into food writing both online and offline from blogging about food, social media, print media and getting a book deal. The format is very easy to read and follows the ‘Teach yourself’ format of highlighting key ideas and exercises. As a food blogger and writer for a few publications I was familiar with a lot of the information already, however there is more than enough additional advice to make this a worthwhile purchase. Firstly it’s bang up to date and gives a very realistic view (based on fact) of the future of food writing and how to approach this; Kerstin’s writing style is a joy and she brings her own slightly anarchic angle to many of the topics – however, this doesn’t mean her advice is any the less professional and her own life experiences show how much talent, dedication and hard work is required. The real life examples of other food writers and bloggers , where they are often quoted verbatim, is from a diverse range of authors and backgrounds and is very specific. This is tremendously useful (unlike the vague motivational advice given in many online guides).
There is a page about words and phrases that should never be used which I would like to copy and circulate very widely!!
I can’t think of anyone better qualified to write this book as Kerstin who has hands-on experience in all topics covered in the book, from appearing on radio and TV, to high end food photography and publishing three other books. It’s a practical, credible, useful and really entertaining resource.




 

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Tonight’s dinner: Caesar salad with coddled egg, Tonight’s dinner: Caesar salad with coddled egg, anchovy, Parmesan dressing & pine nuts; roast apricots with mozzarella, roast peppers with garlic & tomato; grilled sweetcorn with honey, butter & espelette pepper dressing; smoked mackerel pâté with dill. #alfresco #summerlovin #dinnertonight
Grilled Manouri cheese (like halloumi but not rubb Grilled Manouri cheese (like halloumi but not rubbery and less salty) with watermelon, spruce oil and tarragon. #salad #summervibes
I went to @hide_restaurant in Piccadilly, they are I went to @hide_restaurant in Piccadilly, they are now doing breakfast & brunch. The restaurant design is stunning in itself, from the gaudi-esque central staircase, to the table decorations, to the uniforms of the waiting staff. Chef @olliedabous has developed an incredible menu: from standards like avocado on toast (beautifully presented with edible flowers & 2 lightly poached eggs), pain au chocolat (buckwheat), french toast with blueberry compote ( cloud-like, soft, light), British @exmoorcaviar with sourdough, mango with kefir lime zest, an extraordinary tea & coffee menu ( Brazilian single estate coffee) Yuzu indigo tea. You can spend a lot. Or a little. Worth it for the design, the baking, the feeling of experiencing a rare treat. #london #breakfast #brunch #review #invitation
My niece @rachaelrodgers wedding to Luca Venezia @ My niece @rachaelrodgers wedding to Luca Venezia @cursesforever. It’s been featured in US vogue. Style, good food, great music, stunning backgrounds of mount vesuvius & Naples were the order of the day. Or should I say 3 days which is how long it lasted. The bride wore white but it was a vintage @viviennewestwood corset (one of only 5 existing, the other 3 are in fashion museums), and a flowery bikini to cut the delicious rose 🌹 and cherry 🍒 cake. Hawaiian barbie & La Cicciolina were inspirations. The guests were equally stunning. #naples #wedding #bridestyle
Air fryer recipe: aubergine sticks with yoghurt an Air fryer recipe: aubergine sticks with yoghurt and tahini sauce. Aubergines 🍆 soak up a lot of oil so an air fryer is a great way to minimise the calorific content. They tasted just as delicious! Recipe here: https://msmarmitelover.com/2022/06/air-fryer-recipe-aubergine-sticks-with-yoghurt-tahini-sauce.html I only used a couple of tablespoons of olive oil rather than a gallon. Going to play about with some other recipes. #airfryer #recipe I got my air fryer here: https://www.very.co.uk/electricals/cooking-appliances/fryers/e/b/4571.end it’s an extra large with 2 drawers.
This is a new dish I’ve invented called, ahem, p This is a new dish I’ve invented called, ahem, patatas nachas. Underneath is a layer of potatoes fried in olive oil. On top nachos with cheese, salsa, guacamole, creme fraiche, rajas. It’s a mash up of patatas bravas and nachos. There is a brilliant book out with 75 nachos variations by @tfimb called nachos for dinner. Nachos are quick tasty & if you add other elements- filling. #nachos #dinner
Ciambotta which is an Italian version of ratatouil Ciambotta which is an Italian version of ratatouille but with fried potato. Recipes here: https://www.hamhigh.co.uk/things-to-do/food-reviews/three-neapolitan-vegetarian-recipes-9147040 #naples #recipe #vegetarian
Aqua Sale, a fisherman’s meal in campania. ‘Yo Aqua Sale, a fisherman’s meal in campania. ‘You take dry bread, put it in a colander, put it in the sea, drain it, add tomatoes, oil, oregano and this is a meal. Every family had a dried bread drawer.’ I was told. I used basil and made my own ‘sea water’ by adding salt to fresh water. Recipe in the @ham&high and on the blog soon. #aquasale #breadsalad #cucinapovera #tomatoes #heatwavefood
Zeppoline, deep-fried pizza doughnuts with seaweed Zeppoline, deep-fried pizza doughnuts with seaweed - a Neapolitan dish I had in a local trattoria in a sweltering narrow street. Served hot in a basket, I tore them up and dipped them in oil & lemon juice. Recipe in the ham and high and on the blog soon. #recipe #naples #fried
Being silly at last night’s picnic for my sister Being silly at last night’s picnic for my sister in laws birthday in waterlow park. A rolypoly race. 
I’ve not been feeling great the past few days, sniffles, headache, sore throat. I took a test after the picnic just to be on the safe side & sure enough I finally caught the dreaded covid. 
When I feel better I’ll return to Italy.
This vegetarian met the worlds most famous butcher This vegetarian met the worlds most famous butcher @dariocecchinimacellaio whose shop is located in Panzano, Tuscany. He trained my favourite food writer @bill.buford in butchery. I told him I didn’t eat meat & he twinkled ‘to beef or not to beef’. He has a Clark Gable elegance: moustache, slicked back hair, charm, & a designer shirt depicting cows from @cotondoux paris. I instinctively wore a red & white striped dress which matched the colours of his shop, the red & white of the surgeon. They serve you glasses of Dario’s own Chianti Classico complete with straw bottomed ‘fiasco’. Now where else do you get that? When I return I will try the vegetarian menu at his restaurant opposite. #butcher #panzano #tuscany #chiantishire #chianticlassico #foodsiena #foodreportage
On a very steep street in siena, Tuscany. They’v On a very steep street in siena, Tuscany. They’ve had to be creative with the table legs. We went to the Palio horse race in the shell-shaped piazza where the passion & downright enmity of the different contrada or districts, each represented by an animal or mascot, was on display. The riders go bareback. It’s the horse that wins not the jockey. A riderless horse can win. There are many false starts, a massive explosion going boom in the square each time which led kids to cry. We waited for hours in the cheap seats- the burnt ochre brickwork of the centre. While tourists at windows paid 600 euros for the privilege. I loved the singing, like football chants but operatic- lots of finger pointing at each other. After I went to a contrada dinner on the streets of Siena, a rare opportunity. For 35 euros you attend the largest ‘supper club’ ever- 800 people, 4 courses, generous helpings of chianti. The servers are local teenagers. I wore my ‘Oca’ or goose scarf around my shoulders, looking like a girl guide. A bucket list item ticked off. I only wish my daughter @siennamarla was with me. #travel #food #italy #chiantishire #siena #palio #supperclub #oca #contrada
Looking at vegetables in Italy. Photo by @loredana Looking at vegetables in Italy. Photo by @loredanaparisi72
My piece in the @hamandhigh about the 3 day @heat My piece in the @hamandhigh about the  3 day @heathostile training course. Incredibly interesting & challenging. Link: https://www.hamhigh.co.uk/things-to-do/hostile-environment-training-9037980 to read more #hostileenvironmenttraining
Supper club dishes from Saturday: pickled beetroot Supper club dishes from Saturday: pickled beetroot eggs, cheeseboard, stracciatella & cucumber, tomato/strawberry/peashoot salad with real balsamic & spruce oil, home cured dill gravlax, smoked salmon, homemade sourdough crisp bread, potato salad with wild fennel & lots more! #supperclub #midsummer #eattherainbow (miss you @linnsoederstroem)
Last nights supper club. My first supper club in 2 Last nights supper club. My first supper club in 2 years was great fun. I’m pleased with my food, the guests were lovely, it looked magical in the garden. But the weather! I even had to bring my duvets from the bedroom out. They looked like refugees. But this brought even more laughter! Next event September
My first supperclub in two years will take place t My first supperclub in two years will take place this Saturday 18th June starting at 7.30pm. Tickets are £50 byo you can book here: https://msmarmitelover.com/product/midsommar-supper-club there are still a few places left. Pescetarian menu. Scandi and botanical influences. #gettingbackonmyfeet #postpandemic #smallbusinesses #supperclub #london
I recently completed the 3 day @heathostile train I recently completed the 3 day  @heathostile training course. On the last day I was kidnapped by ex-special forces for a few hours & learnt how to deal with compliance training & a hostile environment. It was one of the most interesting experiences of my life. 3 intense days of combat first aid, navigation & how to survive in a war zone. I handled short, long guns, mortars, grenades, bullets, and tourniquet & bandaged an amputee. I learnt where to sit in a car, where to hide from a bullet, where to protect myself if in a car. It was brilliant. Highly recommended for any journalists, photographers, cameramen, charity workers, paramedics going into any difficult environment say a disaster or war. The stories from the tutors & the other participants were so interesting. My piece on it out soon. Book a course: https://hostile-environment.co.uk/  They also do jungle & desert training. I’d love to join the Antarctic expedition. Anyway that’s me hooded in the front. #adventures #het #hostileenvironmenttraining #experiences #travel
Bundoran beach, Donegal. I spent a week knocking o Bundoran beach, Donegal. I spent a week knocking on doors, going to libraries, searching through graveyards for my Irish forebears. It’s really hard to find information prior to 1850. I found this in last years trip to Arbroath in Scotland. Headstones wear out, records are lost or burnt in a fire, everybody has the same name and are known by nicknames, successive children have the same first name, that usually means they died and the next one is called by the same thing. Women did have children out of wedlock, and people remarried more often than you’d think, plus families fall out & never see each other again. I learnt that my Irish great grandfather michael went to Glasgow & met a woman who came from a similar place: somewhere wild & beautiful by the sea. Then they and their children came to london. Chasing the work & the money always. Politics and economics matter for they push people around from rural to city. And now we rodgers are Londoners. #ireland #scotland #family #travel #roots
How some of us celebrate the Queen’s jubilee! My How some of us celebrate the Queen’s jubilee! My sister & a random Irishman come for the Rory Gallagher festival in ballyshannon. Sis has pulled already!  #getyourcoat #sexpistols #ballyshannon #rorygallagherfestival #ireland
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