I write about food, travel, feminism, photography, gardens. I started as a photographer. I'm an award winning blogger. I'm a chef/creator of the supper club movement I've written 5 books.
My Corona lockdown and cupboard essentials
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. What did I do? I gardened and baked (especially loaf cakes). I soaked pulses. I managed to keep up my instagram feed. I did yoga on zoom, and pub quizzes. I tweeted a lot, probably too much. I wept after the public clapping for the NHS. I spent money online shopping, draining my savings.
I felt useless, burnt out, washed up. Work gives us identit...
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 to reach the relics of St James the Apostle (or Sant Iago in Spanish).
St James was one of the first followers of Jesus and, a decade after the cruxificion, was executed by beheading in Jerusalem. The story of his remains ending up in Spain hundreds of years after his death seems unlikely. Neverth...
Cotswolds Gold, travel and recipes
My daughter edits and runs a political website. She works very hard, literally seven days a week. Needing a break (since 2016, working in politics has been like a runaway train: Brexit, two elections, three prime ministers and two Labour leaders) she booked an airbnb in the Cotswolds. And invited me! Her old mum.
The hardest thing about lockdown is not travelling. I’ve assuaged much of my loneliness as a single empty nester by escaping. Now my wings have been clipped. I had to cancel a July t...
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 exquisite, everything is done beautifully, from the simplest cup of tea to jewel-cut sushi, artful bowl of noodles or the diverse and intriguing breakfast including rice, soup, fish, pickles and slimy natto beans.
It is less well known that the Japanese are also brilliant at European baking, imbuing ...
Whip up a romantic meal for yourself this Valentine’s Day - Food and Drink - Hampstead Highgate Express
Whip up a romantic meal for yourself this Valentine...
The Gould standard of cheesemaking - Food and Drink - Hampstead Highgate Express
The Gould standard of cheesemaking - Food and Drink...
Recipe: Use local and sustainable charcoal to cook pizza on the barbecue
Kerstin learns more about the 30,000-year-old cooking technique before sharing a delicious recipe for a char-grilled pizza....
Ms Marmite Lover’s eggy recipes for Easter - Food and Drink - Hampstead Highgate Express
Ms Marmite Lover’s eggy recipes for Easter - Food a...
Ms Marmite Lover: This cheesy Tartiflette is a taste of Alpine living
Faced with little snow and fear at even a blue run, Kerstin Rodgers, aka MsMarmiteLover, found solace in potatoes, cream and local Reblochon cheese on her recent Alpine holiday....
Ms Marmite Lover: This pistachio and quince baklava is all Greek to me
Kerstin Rodgers looks to the Mediterranean country for inspiration to showcase fresh quality ingredients in simple dishes....
10 cookbooks that would make the perfect present this Christmas
Kerstin Rodgers, aka. Ms Marmite Lover, recommends her top food books as festive gifts with an eye to “good writing, original recipes and great photography”....
From Kilburn to Calais: Refugee chefs feed thousands in migrant ‘Jungle’ camp
Last bank holiday, Kerstin travelled from Kilburn to the Calais and Dunkirk refugee camps to volunteer in the community kitchens. She writes about making mass meals out of donated food and features two recipes inspired by the things she ate there....
Ms Marmite Lover: Pumpkins are perfect for spicing up soups, salads or souffles
Kerstin Rodgers, aka. the blogger Ms Marmite Lover, says a squash and a squeeze can get the most out of these versatile veg....
Ms Marmite Lover: My ‘death row’ meal? It could well be this seaside spaghetti
Kerstin Rodgers is the writer behind award-winning food blog Ms Marmite Lover and the founder of supper clubs. In her new column, she reveals what it takes to make a perfect pasta dish....