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My Corona lockdown and cupboard essentials

The greedy pilgrim’s path: walking 120 kilometres to Santiago.

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MsMarmiteLover aka Kerstin Rodgers.

Chef, photographer, author, journalist, blogger. Pioneer of the supperclub movement.

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Gourds last a long time. These from last autumn’

Gourds last a long time. These from last autumn’s Halloween stash are about to be cooked. Possibly in a curry or simply roasted. They are in my favourite yellow pottery bowl from Portugal. #yellow #squash #ceramics #portugal #portuguesepottery #foodphotography #iphonography #nofilter #supperclub #supperclubchef

Broccoli and blue cheese tart with homemade shortc

Broccoli and blue cheese tart with homemade shortcrust pastry. I’m using Stilton from @cropwellbishopcreamery I thinly sliced the broccoli with a mandolin to make a pretty pattern on top. 2 eggs
300ml Greek yoghurt or creme fraiche
150g Stilton
Whisk together and pour into the pastry shell.
Add broccoli 🥦 on top Bake for 30 mins in a preheated oven at 180c #supportstilton #supportbritishcheesemakers #eatyourgreens🌱 #supperclub #supperclubchef #homebaking #savourybaking #tart #bluecheeseandbroccoli

Made wholewheat parathas which was actually very e

Made wholewheat parathas which was actually very easy- they are a laminated (like croissants) flatbread. Eaten with rocket and blue cheese- beauvale from @cropwellbishopcreamery so good to eat some cheese! Support #britishcheese #see that butter knife in wood? Got that from my Estonian friend @pillenaminami this is what they use to spread butter in Scandinavia- I love them #supportstilton #beauvale #parathas #homemade #flatbreads #attaflour #supperclubchef #supperclub #cheese #sandwichesofinstagram

Summer pudding with @jertepicotacherries a typical

Summer pudding with @jertepicotacherries a typically English pud. You need crappy white bread ideally, sugar, fruit and butter or marg if you are vegan. Americans, British people call all desserts ‘pudding’ btw. I used a size 36 @masoncashuk pudding basin. Recipe in the @the_ham_and_high soon. #englishfood #summerfood #supperclub #supperclubchef #msmarmitelover #cherries #picotacherries #lockdownrecipes #stalebreadrecipes #foodphotography #britishchef

Gooseberry pavlova. Using up the last of my homegr

Gooseberry pavlova. Using up the last of my homegrown green gooseberries in a summery pavlova. I gave a small portion of it to @christina_erskine yesterday when she came round to deliver plants but then I ate the rest. Yes all of it. Once you put the cream on it’ll go soggy so I didn’t want it to go to waste. I’m being thrifty. Which is a virtue. It was raining. I was bored. #gooseberries #mygarden #pavlova #summerdesserts #berries #summer #greedyguts #supperclubchef #lockdowneating #baking #fruit #englishsummerfood

Made this last night. All I have is potatoes, onio

Made this last night. All I have is potatoes, onions, a tin of tomatoes and a pack of halloumi. I fried the onions and potatoes, added the tomato sauce then bunged it in the oven with slices of halloumi on top. It was edible. #sobored #Lockdownlarder
#sololockdown
#quarantinecooking
#selfisolationrecipes
#supperclubchef
#coronaviruscooking
#recipesforacrisis
#pantryessentials
#quarantinequeen

Run out of #picotacherries 🍒 dammit. #pornofrui

Run out of #picotacherries 🍒 dammit. #pornofruit #cherries #summerfruit #arecherriesberries #supperclub #midsummer #supperclubchef #foodphotography #enamelkitchenware

Gooseberry fool using my garden crop. Simple summe

Gooseberry fool using my garden crop. Simple summer food. #berries #Lockdownlarder
#sololockdown
#quarantinecooking
#selfisolationrecipes
#supperclubchef
#coronaviruscooking
#recipesforacrisis
#pantryessentials
#quarantinequeen

Another #artfocaccia made last night. Cherry tomat

Another #artfocaccia made last night. Cherry tomatoes, olives, capers, fresh basil and @pomoragoodfood lemon olive oil. I pushed the fermentation of this focaccia so far it was almost crumpetty in texture, like uttapam. It’s really fun doing these. #art
#baking
#summerfood
#fermentation
#supperclubchef
#lockdownbaking
#supperclub
#italianbaking
#tomatoes
#oliveoil

A walk on the heath. A woman rushes head ward clut

A walk on the heath. A woman rushes head ward clutching her straw hat. Everyone is wearing hats, gloves and... masks. It could be 1900, a Renoir or a Seurat. All of north west london society meeting up. Old friends, old enemies, the gay ‘beach’ near the men’s pond, hot chicks in bikinis and cowboy hats, ladies of a certain age perambulating, talk of cygnets but which pond? Kenwood open again for toilet and teas. We’ve missed the rhododendrons. A sheer beam of sunshine floodlit from the sky. It’s even sweeter as lockdown eases up. #covid2020 #lockdownwalk #norfweezy #hampsteadheath #anenglishsummer #summer2020 #londongirl #northwestlondon #greenlondon

Cherry chocolate brownies using @jertepicotacherri

Cherry chocolate brownies using @jertepicotacherries recipe up soon. So rich and fudgy. 🍒🍒🍒#cherryrecipes #picotacherries #supperclubchef #foodphotographer #recipes #chocolate #brownies #lockdowndiet #easybaking

Happy Father’s Day dad xxx you are such an inter

Happy Father’s Day dad xxx you are such an interesting man and a great father. #fathersday #daddy #dad #love #londonfamily #londoner #writer #jazzbuff #journalist #thirdage #traveller #gourmand #winelover #historylover #snappydresser

Picota cherry and rose gelato. See the recipe on t

Picota cherry and rose gelato. See the recipe on the blog next week. Cherry and rose flavours seem to complement each other. Gelato is an eggless icecream. Heatwave begins again next week so time to fire up(?) the icecream makers! #picota #cherryrecipes #spanishcherries #roserecipes #foodphotographer #fridaytreat #thinkingofsummer #midsummereve #midsummerrecipes #supperclubchef #gelato #nofilter

Freshly made hummus for breakfast with #Picota che

Freshly made hummus for breakfast with #Picota cherry salsa. As I haven’t been going to supermarkets I haven’t had hummus for 3 months. Made my own in 5 minutes from a can of chickpeas, juice of a lemon, clove of garlic, large spoonful of tahini, salt, ground cumin and olive oil. Bing in the blender, in my case a #vitamin and bobs your uncle. #lockdownlarder #cherries #hummus #pantryrecipes #rainydayfood #pulses #supperclubchef #msmarmitelover #midsummer

Cherry clafoutis is a recipe where you don’t hav

Cherry clafoutis is a recipe where you don’t have to pit the cherries. The cherries add a subtle pleasing bitterness, and prevent the cherries from bleeding into the batter. I’m using Picota cherries from the jerte valley in Extremadura in Spain. Hurry, the season is short. They are in the shops now until late July. #picotacherries #picota #cherryrecipes #clafoutisauxcerises #clafoutis #summerfood #summerrecipes #lockdownlarder #ovenbaked #plate by @toast #foodstyling

Preparing my @jertepicotacherries shoot. I’ll be

Preparing my @jertepicotacherries shoot. I’ll be making cherry gelato, cherry clafoutis, cherry choc brownies, cherry salsa for white fish, coeur a la creme, and trying not to eat so many that I have none left for testing. My colours are red, white, cream, gray. I put in different textures using vintage French linens and tea towels. I’m a huge fan of enamel. I collect kitchenalia from all over the world for shoots: here I have a grey bowl bought in 1989 in Peru, a hamman bowl from Istanbul, a zinc bowl from Mexico, a colander from Provence flea market. I set up in a bright corner of my pantry adjacent to the kitchen. The weather makes a difference, I usually shoot only with daylight. Cherries are so glamorous, shiny, tart and sweet, crunchy and cartoony. They are slightly porno but also romantic. Picota cherries are stemless, notably sweet with a short 6 week season. The Spanish look forward to June for Picota cherry season. It’s a bit le Beaujolais nouveau est arrivé. They will eat them in bowls on ice. I’m passionate about cherries and have always a cherry recipe in my books. #picota #valledejerte #spanishcherries #spanishfruit #extremaduracherries #eatfruit #eatcherries #supperclubchef #midsummerfood #foodphotography #foodprops #kitchenware #propcollector #vintage #enamelware

One of these days I’ll learn to cook for less th

One of these days I’ll learn to cook for less than 10 people. Gratin dauphinois, recipe from my book Supper Club. I added anchovies, torn up between the layers, to add a Janssenesque vibe to it. Rich with double cream, with soft slithers of potato, baked in the AGA until the cream becomes like creme brûlée. Perfect Sunday lunch. Bottle of dry tokaji from @winetrust.100 perfectly complemented it. Running low on wine now... #wineemergency #gratindauphinois #ovenbaked #recipe #agabaked #dietfood #sundaylunch #lockdownlarder #covidcook #pantrycooking

Recipe developing for @jertepicotacherries while I

Recipe developing for @jertepicotacherries while I wait for them to be delivered. They have a short 6 week season and are considered a speciality in Spain. I ‘rehearsed’ this recipe using other cherries for my work for keyworkers and the nhs. Along with oat, honey and walnut energy bars and lemon poppyseed cookies. Next week I’m going to be working with @foodcyclekilburn with the church at the end of my road. Looking forward to creating recipe cards and cooking for my community- the vulnerable and the shielding. #covidcooking #lockdowntreats #cherries🍒 #Picota #socialchange #communitykitchen ##Lockdownlarder
#sololockdown
#quarantinecooking
#selfisolationrecipes
#supperclubchef
#coronaviruscooking
#recipesforacrisis
#pantryessentials
#quarantinequeen

Bagging up lemon poppyseed cookies for #keyworkers

Bagging up lemon poppyseed cookies for #keyworkers #nhs @thepeoplesarmyldn #communitycooking #respectthelockdown #secondwave #Lockdownlarder
#sololockdown
#quarantinecooking
#selfisolationrecipes
#supperclubchef
#coronaviruscooking
#recipesforacrisis
#pantryessentials
#quarantinequeen #cookies #homebaking

My sister @imogen_rodgers_1 at 20. “I was non -

My sister @imogen_rodgers_1 at 20. “I was non - binary avant la lettre “ she commented. Wish her the best, she’s having repeated procedures on her eye right now. She’s a talented singer, sax player, actress and teacher. #sisters #siblings #blackandwhite #familyphotos #corona #lockdown #photography #hat #1984

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