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The Tastiest Top Ten Food Bloggers

A techno­phobe, I’ve been dragged kick­ing and scream­ing into the dig­i­tal world.

Assist­ing me in what began as a painful process but one that is fast reap­ing its happy rewards is my young social media men­tor Melissa Lei­th­wood. In fact, with her ongo­ing help, I now find myself tweet­ing, blog­ging, surf­ing the ‘Net and, in par­tic­u­lar, seek­ing out other blogs spe­cial­iz­ing in my pas­sion of almost 40 years: food.

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Ms Marmite Lover is London’s most influential foodie

ms marmite lover at home Ms Marmite Lover is Londons most influential foodie

Ker­stin Rodgers in her Kil­burn home

It was Sheila Dil­lon — long­time host of The Food Pro­gramme on BBC 4 — who rec­om­mended I get in touch with Ker­stin Rodgers on my recent two-week visit to my favourite city and child­hood home: Lon­don, Eng­land.

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Love, Loss and What I Ate

My psy­chic bond with Nora Ephron, though one-sided (my side, of course), is a long-standing one

I have never met the bril­liant Amer­i­can author, movie direc­tor, screen­writer, humourist and foodie but feel I know her well.

I did inter­view her by phone for my col­umn in the Toronto Star a few years ago when her hilar­i­ous lit­tle book about the down­side of being a middle-aged woman came out called I Feel Bad About My Neck. I could relate.

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