It’s a fact! We have our first American cookbook author on our site: Megan Gordon. Our new Kitchen Table Friend is also food blogger and the owner of the popular Seattle-based granola brand Marge Granola. She shares with us one of the beautiful recipes from her latest cookbook. We are honored and happy to have […] Read more…
At Mari Maris’ Table
Maris lives in France but is the successful Dutch author of a comprehesive book on vegetables: the Groentebijbel (The Vegetable Bible). Wish we had known her before! For apart from having a chambre d’hộte, she has, without our knowing about it, been serving wonderful French meals in her beautiful garden almost ‘around the corner’ from […] Read more…
Sneak preview: Dutch Baby from ‘Home Baked’ by Yvette van Boven
There she is again, our dear Kitchen Table Friend Yvette van Boven. For many months, we have been looking forward to her new book Home Baked that will hit the Dutch stores next week (the English and German edition will not be printed until next year, sorry). It contains over 200 recipes for baking. Read more…
Pauline Egge shares her favorite foodie addresses in Barcelona
Petite Passport, that ís travel journalist Pauline Egge. She has lived in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, for many years. She then traveled the world and finally moved to Barcelona last summer to live with the love of her life. Her website Read more…
Farewell Lunch in DC with Wessel de Jong
Over the past 3 years he has spent much time at our kitchen table: Wessel de Jong, correspondent for the Dutch broadcasting company NOS in DC, but most of all a good friend. He recently moved back to the Netherlands, but before he did he took me to his favorite places to eat and drink, […] Read more…
Barbara’s Herb Pancakes with Avocado & Rocket
Some of our Kitchen Table Friends we have known for years, others we just met. Barbara Bonisolli, has been a food photographer for more than 20 years, she did the photography for many cookbooks and has her own television show about her edible garden. She lives with her family in the countryside, just outside of […] Read more…
De Veldkeuken: Spring Salad with Asparagus
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’s Sweet Potato Soup
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…
Yvette van Boven shares her fav shops & markets in Paris (map included!)
As we mentioned before, we love to share recipes and tips at the kitchen table. Our Kitchen Table Friend number 4 is Yvette van Boven , who knows everything about Paris. Last week she shared her favorite restaurants and bars with us, this week she reveals where to shop for beautiful pans, cookbooks, and kitchenware. […] Read more…
Fiona’s eggplants in coconut sauce
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…