Author: Kerstin Rodgers

Kerstin Rodgers is known on the internet as msmarmitelover. She is the author of 5 food books, and an award-winning blogger (Guild of food writers and Fortnum and Mason food writer of the year) of msmarmitelover.com. She pioneered the supper club movement starting in 2009, which has grown from strength to strength, and seen in the New York Times in December 2023. She trained as a photographer shooting pop stars for the NME then moved on to journalism specialising in food and travel for Newsquest media, The Guardian, Sunday Times, BBC Food and more.. Her varied work history includes working as an online astrologer under Shelley Von Strunckel.  She’s an Aquarian with a moon in Scorpio and Libra rising.

Holiday Goddess Cancer Recipe

Astrologically Cancer is the fourth sign, the house of home, roots, family, heritage, patriotism. When applied to cooking, a cancer will yearn for home cooking.

Holiday Goddess Gemini Recipe

For Geminis, food is an opportunity to chat, to gossip, to network while breaking bread with others. Canapés, tapas, mezze, and snacks are all Gemini. If Taurus is slow food, Gemini is about fast food. Ruled by Mercury, this quicksilver chatty sign, likes new trends.

Holiday Goddess Taurus Recipe

Taurus recipe - peanut and potato curry. Photo by Kerstin Rodgers.

Taurus loves to eat, simply for the resultant feeling of comfort, luxury and abundance.When it comes to food, Taurus epitomises the slow food movement. They like to take their time, make things properly from scratch.

Holiday Goddess Aries Recipe

Spicy Shakshouka. Photo by Kerstin Rodgers

Shakshouka (which means a ‘mixture’), a Middle Eastern dish popular in North African countries and also Israel is simple and quick to make. Serve with bread, either flatbread or crusty baguette.

Holiday Goddess Pisces Recipe

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Kerstin Rodgers has combined twin Piscean interests, the sea and animal rights, to developing a recipe for ‘vegan fish n chips’.

Holiday Goddess Aquarius Recipe

Avocado maki sushi rolls. Photo by Kerstin Rodgers

Aquarians will be attracted to Japanese cuisine: its refinement, elegance, use of original ingredients and healthy properties.

Holiday Goddess Capricorn Recipe

Beluga lentins with goats cheese photo by Kerstin Rodgers

Capricorn is an earth sign so they adore vegetables grown underground such as the root vegetable family, potatoes and turnips, and more excitingly, all kinds of garlic and onion.This ambitious climber will also love goat’s cheese so I suggest an earthy black lentil dish topped with goat’s cheese.

Holiday Goddess Sagittarius Recipe

Sagittarius ruling planet, Jupiter, is of the colour purple, a rare colour in food, so the obvious choice for their recipe of the month is that big shiny mediterranean vegetable, aubergine.