Let’s enjoy some more rhubarb. Last Sunday, my two daughters organized an English Tea Party in the yard. They couldn’t have picked a better day: the weather was more than beautiful, blossoms were all around us, and yes, it was mother’s day. They prepared us strawberries with cream, sandwiches with watercress, and delicate chocolate rounds. […] Read more…
When we are in the Netherlands, our home country, we always try to visit De Veldkeuken. Situated in a carriage house at an old estate near the city of Utrecht, this is one of the most beautiful locations we know for lunch, coffee or tea. Tal’s sister in law, Femke, works here. Together with the […] Read more…
Suzanne Stougie (“eater of food, thinker of thoughts, writer of recipes”) has lived in Berlin-Neukölln since 2011, together with boyfriend Michiel and their twins Kalle and Lova. Looking out of her apartment, you can spot the Fernsehturm and Tempelhofer Freiheit, the former airport, where she owns a vegetable garden. Before living here, she lived for […] Read more…
We are very fortunate that recipe writer and food stylist Fiona Ivanov shares this recipe with us. For all her recipes are very tasty and creative too! Equally attractive and original are the photos on her blogs, most of which are ‘vintage Fiona’. Read more…
With a yard half covered with snow, we say goodbye to winter in DC. Today is the first day of spring, a day I usually celebrate with a typical spring dish like asparagus risotto. Read more…
Petra is the proud aunt of a newborn nephew! We celebrate this with Dutch Butter Cake with Aniseed Sprinkles, a recipe from Yolanda van der Jagt based on an old Dutch tradition. We have known Yolanda for many years: she did the food styling for one of our cookbooks and we did the final editing […] Read more…
Imagine living in a suburb of Washington, DC, and suddenly another Dutch food writer moves in practically next door. What a coincidence! Dosia Brewer Read more…
Today we share a delicious recipe from our Dutch friend and colleague Janneke Philippi. She is our first ‘Kitchen Table Friend’ or ‘guest blogger’ and we are delighted and proud to have her. Read more…
Homesick for Holland also means homesick for grandma, who is 94 years old. So when I came across this family recipe for Dutch Apple Pie, hidden in one of her old cookbooks, I immediately started baking. Read more…
Mulled wine is one of the best winter drinks around. All over the world you’ll find different kinds, and in Denmark they call it glögg. One winterly Sunday afternoon, we drank a few glasses at a friends house and wanted to move to Denmark instantly. The recipe though isn’t Danish at all, she confided us, […] Read more…