All we need right now is comfort food that has been made with love: mac ‘n cheese! This recipe has been written and photographed by Tal and is featured this month in the Dutch culinary magazine Elle Eten. We share it on our blog today because in these cold and dark days we can’t think […] Read more…
Last week, when we had dinner at the restaurant of our Kitchen Table Friend Mari Maris in the French countryside (when you ever get the chance to go there, do so!), she gave us a large bag full of quinces. Fragrant, yellowish quinces. Read more…
The house in France, I missed it dearly the last couple of years while living in the US. My parents own a stately home in a half deserted village in the French countryside. Once, it used to be the village school with one classroom and a school bell hanging in a small tower in the yard. Read more…
Artist and designer Mirthe Blusse and I go way back. Last year, we worked together on a series of travel journals for the German newspaper Die Zeit. She drew beautiful black and white pictures of several iconic buildings in Europe. She then moved from Amsterdam to Barcelona, where she works as an artist in residence. Read more…
My dream vacation is a combination of city and nature. So this summer we first spent a week at the Lower East Side, Manhattan. A cool, vibrant neighborhood with boutiques Read more…
We’re taking a break! Our new cookbook is almost finished now, we feel it’s time to relax. We’ll be back in a few weeks with lots of new recipes, a new friend and a citytrip. Have a great summer! Read more…
Summer Break! After spending the week in Manhattan, it was time for a change of pace, and we decided, as so many New Yorkers do, to settle on Long Island. We occupied a beautifully restored, 200-year old barn on the East End and enjoyed the sandy beaches, gorgeous bays, fertile land and vineyards, upscale beach towns, […] Read more…
The very last recipe for our upcoming cookbook has been written, photographed, cooked, checked, and sent to our layout designer. The book is about to be published! A good reason to bring out a toast. Plus it’s almost the 4th of July so all the more reason to fix ourselves a cocktail. No need to […] Read more…
About to hit the Dutch stores, but not yet translated in English or German: our new cookbook. And of course, we’re super proud! The Dutch edition is published by Fontaine Uitgevers and will be available as of October 1, 2015. We invented, tried, tested, styled, and photographed over 120 recipes inspired by our lives in […] Read more…
As long as one can remember, Turkish families have been living in the Berlin neighborhoods Wedding and Kreuzberg. If you’re looking for a place to buy Turkish groceries, look no further. At supermarket Eurogida it can be so crowded on a Saturday morning, I can’t help imagining being right in the middle of an Istanbul […] Read more…