Taste test: which apple pie is the most delicious?
In FREE we test a supermarket product every week. This week we taste apple pie. Apple pie has been a familiar part of Dutch cuisine for …
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Recipe of the day: green beans (but just something else)
Beans today, but not the ones you need to soak. First, green beans and or string beans. It can be mixed up. I really dont know …
Recipe of the day: Alpenmacaroni
A few years ago, Liesbeth Willemars’s Alpine Cookbook was published. Scrooked in that beautiful book again. There are wonderful recipes in it. From Strudel to …
Recipe of the day: apple pie with goat
Thisweek I was visiting Emilie van der Woerd of KokenOphout. I was there to see her beautiful garden in harvest time and immediately got a piece …
Recipe of the day: Stew with pepper
This week the pear harvest started here in my area. And that is about the time that one of my colleagues invariably … More
Cookbook tested: Gnudi like that of a real Italian grandmother
They always look delicious, those dishes in cookbooks. But can we do that ourselves? We test a cookbook every week. This time … More
Taste test top 5: the tastiest egg salad
In VRIJ we test a supermarket product every week. This week we taste egg salad. You can make a tasty egg salad … More
Recipe of the day: omelette with mozzarella
Yesterday was Irish Meats stew day. So much fun, with two of you, co-readers, in the finals. Just not won but finished … More
From these culinary podcasts the water runs in your mouth
Why just read or watch programmes about food, when you can listen to them too? These six podcasts take you into the … More
Restaurant in China says sorry for balanced diet
A restaurant in China apologised after it asked guests to weigh themselves at the entrance before eating a meal. That is what … More
Recipe of the day: Dutch chicken curry
With a wedding in the family I have to make up this recipe for the day a few days earlier than usual, … More
Recipe of the day: Butchers chop with apple
At the butcher‘s I saw another butcher’s chop. That‘s an extra thick one, so the chop doesn’t get so dry. Go and … More
Recipe of the day: courgettes with honey
The courgettes in the fields are taking on frightening proportions. Can I just tell you that courgette really is super healthy? And … More
Recipe of the day: Sardinian tartar
As I look at the sunflower forest right in front of my work window, the whole view of the garden has been … More
Cookbook tested: on the table in fifteen minutes
They always look delicious, those dishes in cookbooks. But can we do that ourselves? We test a cookbook every week. This time … More
Recipe of the day: miracle stew with milk
My friends of Irish beef are still looking for participants in the big stew day, next Monday in Amsterdam. Send me a … More
Recipe of the day: South African stews
Yes, it was, of course, waiting to be criticised last Saturday‘s recipe. Something rendang-like with pointed cabbage. And without coconut and with … More
Recipe of the day: Making sage butter
What a perfect year for garden herbs. Ineke de Vries wrote to me twice about the explosion of sage this year. Boys … More
These are the biggest misunderstandings about a vegan lifestyle
Is your lifestyle healthy? Isn‘t eating too expensive for a vegan? These are all questions you’ve probably heard as a vegan, but … More
Taste test: 5 x the tastiest tiramisu
In VRIJ we test a supermarket product every week. This week we taste tiramisu. Tiramisu always reminds me of the anecdote of … More
Hard Seltzer: more than a trendy summer drink
Ah yes, yet another hip summer drink that will make it all the way, critics will think about ‘hard seltzer‘. All the … More
Recipe of the day: Stew with Lef(fe)
Monday 14 September is the stew day in Amsterdam. Organised by the people of Irish beef. That is corona-safe, I know it, … More
Food from the toilet bowl or behind bars: eye-catching themed restaurants worth a try
Eating curry from a toilet bowl or eating your dinner high up in the air. Why should you eat your hamburger in … More
Restaurant review Triptyque in Wateringen: Amuses elevated to higher art
He was one of the first horeca victims of corona. At the end of March, star chef Niven Kunz was declared bankrupt. … More