Deborah Gater
@dgater1.bsky.social
Chemist. Educator. UK-based. She/her. Mostly lurking. Likes/reposts not endorsements. Views own. Etc.
Tried potato farls this evening - tasty but not sure I got the balance of flour:potato quite right. #ChemistsWhoCook
September 17, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Tried potato farls this evening - tasty but not sure I got the balance of flour:potato quite right. #ChemistsWhoCook
Garlic-Parmesan sweetheart cabbage waiting to enter the oven. #ChemistsWhoCook
September 13, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Garlic-Parmesan sweetheart cabbage waiting to enter the oven. #ChemistsWhoCook
Fresh sardines and cauliflower baking in the oven. This #ChemistWhoCooks operates a “hybrid” kitchen, so these will be served with toasted potato waffles from a packet… 😂😅😭
September 8, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Fresh sardines and cauliflower baking in the oven. This #ChemistWhoCooks operates a “hybrid” kitchen, so these will be served with toasted potato waffles from a packet… 😂😅😭
Accidentally made too much sweet-potato mash for my bread recipe, and was obliged to make muffins with the rest… 😇 #ChemistsWhoCook
July 14, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Accidentally made too much sweet-potato mash for my bread recipe, and was obliged to make muffins with the rest… 😇 #ChemistsWhoCook
Gnocchi alla Sorrentina on its way into the oven last night. #ChemistsWhoCook
June 21, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Gnocchi alla Sorrentina on its way into the oven last night. #ChemistsWhoCook
June 17, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Popping up from “lurk mode” to share some plantain, which was a gift from a Ghanaian friend who showed me how she prepared it and then pointedly gave me a raw one and said “it’s not hard”. #ChemistsWhoCook
June 9, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Popping up from “lurk mode” to share some plantain, which was a gift from a Ghanaian friend who showed me how she prepared it and then pointedly gave me a raw one and said “it’s not hard”. #ChemistsWhoCook
On the one hand, the gardening (as so many other things) got away from me over the past few weeks. On the other hand, there was enough dandelion for a tiny bowl of hindbeh! #ChemistsWhoCook
May 3, 2025 at 12:04 PM
On the one hand, the gardening (as so many other things) got away from me over the past few weeks. On the other hand, there was enough dandelion for a tiny bowl of hindbeh! #ChemistsWhoCook
Lebanese turmeric cake - tasty yes, but I mostly make it because I love its name in Arabic: sfouf (صفوف)! #ChemistsWhoCook
March 27, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Lebanese turmeric cake - tasty yes, but I mostly make it because I love its name in Arabic: sfouf (صفوف)! #ChemistsWhoCook
This is my current bedside rock. Likely from a pebble beach in southern England.
March 21, 2025 at 8:09 PM
This is my current bedside rock. Likely from a pebble beach in southern England.
This (gestures broadly) is all a bit much, hence my recent quietness. IRL, am working away, reading “Radium Girls” and enjoying the occasional visit from Paws the Northeastern mascot, who was quite insistent on making a lemon battery during science week 😂.
March 21, 2025 at 2:30 PM
This (gestures broadly) is all a bit much, hence my recent quietness. IRL, am working away, reading “Radium Girls” and enjoying the occasional visit from Paws the Northeastern mascot, who was quite insistent on making a lemon battery during science week 😂.
Science week Friday fun! It turns out you can make a battery out of kimchee 😍 #ITeachChem but a series of kiwi wins on voltage!
March 14, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Science week Friday fun! It turns out you can make a battery out of kimchee 😍 #ITeachChem but a series of kiwi wins on voltage!
First attempt at quick-pickled radishes. #ChemistsWhoCook
March 3, 2025 at 5:53 PM
First attempt at quick-pickled radishes. #ChemistsWhoCook
Angel biscuits on a Saturday morning. As a British person, am loving exploring different “biscuit” recipes! #ChemistsWhoCook
February 22, 2025 at 10:10 AM
Angel biscuits on a Saturday morning. As a British person, am loving exploring different “biscuit” recipes! #ChemistsWhoCook
Ate a stroopwafel over the weekend and thought of you. But today wfh and eating too much pound cake…
February 18, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Ate a stroopwafel over the weekend and thought of you. But today wfh and eating too much pound cake…
Reasons to be hopeful: today, in office hours, I enjoyed a rainbow cupcake to celebrate LGBT+ History Month while one of my UG students explained Overton windows to me with respect to US politics. Then we talked about reactive carbon intermediates for an hour and it was GREAT! #ITeachChem
February 17, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Reasons to be hopeful: today, in office hours, I enjoyed a rainbow cupcake to celebrate LGBT+ History Month while one of my UG students explained Overton windows to me with respect to US politics. Then we talked about reactive carbon intermediates for an hour and it was GREAT! #ITeachChem
Prepping corn bread muffins from my new book (rapidly re-learning the Fahrenheit scale) and black bean stew. Lots of slightly mushy spicy bean/lentil dishes get batch-cooked here for the increasingly frail parents-in-law. Look after your teeth, folks. #ChemistsWhoCook
February 16, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Prepping corn bread muffins from my new book (rapidly re-learning the Fahrenheit scale) and black bean stew. Lots of slightly mushy spicy bean/lentil dishes get batch-cooked here for the increasingly frail parents-in-law. Look after your teeth, folks. #ChemistsWhoCook
Found these delights on my dad’s bookshelf this morning, and accidentally learnt a little more about the history of CAS in the process. #ChemSky
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February 15, 2025 at 11:17 AM
Found these delights on my dad’s bookshelf this morning, and accidentally learnt a little more about the history of CAS in the process. #ChemSky
(www.acs.org/education/wh...)
(www.acs.org/education/wh...)
This academic chemist is celebrating #IDWGS by: submitting a peer review and corrections to my own paper; thinking about teaching labs and UDL; and making a batch of Louisiana Sweet Potato Bread as a #ChemistWhoCooks 🧪
February 11, 2025 at 6:01 PM
This academic chemist is celebrating #IDWGS by: submitting a peer review and corrections to my own paper; thinking about teaching labs and UDL; and making a batch of Louisiana Sweet Potato Bread as a #ChemistWhoCooks 🧪
My birthday present arrived! *Glee* #ChemistsWhoCook and cheekily tagging @tracyvwilson.bsky.social to thank her and Holly for the SYMIHC episode…
February 6, 2025 at 4:51 PM
My birthday present arrived! *Glee* #ChemistsWhoCook and cheekily tagging @tracyvwilson.bsky.social to thank her and Holly for the SYMIHC episode…
Too tired to prove dough for cinnamon rolls on a weeknight so made US-style coffee cake with cinnamon streusel instead. Managed to take a photo just before I ate the whole slice! 😇☺️ #ChemistsWhoCook
February 5, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Too tired to prove dough for cinnamon rolls on a weeknight so made US-style coffee cake with cinnamon streusel instead. Managed to take a photo just before I ate the whole slice! 😇☺️ #ChemistsWhoCook
Reading Jem Bloomfield’s “Gold
on the Horizon” and this commentary on the character of Governor Gumpas from
Lewis’s Voyage of the Dawntreader struck me rather sharply for some reason.
on the Horizon” and this commentary on the character of Governor Gumpas from
Lewis’s Voyage of the Dawntreader struck me rather sharply for some reason.
February 4, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Reading Jem Bloomfield’s “Gold
on the Horizon” and this commentary on the character of Governor Gumpas from
Lewis’s Voyage of the Dawntreader struck me rather sharply for some reason.
on the Horizon” and this commentary on the character of Governor Gumpas from
Lewis’s Voyage of the Dawntreader struck me rather sharply for some reason.
Husband sent me this photo of our cats:
January 25, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Husband sent me this photo of our cats:
