Diversen

When I opened the fridge this morning, I came across a box of peaches I'd stuck in there and forgotten to use. I bought them to make peach cobbler, but am[...]

Ahhh, the (new-found) joys of meatballs in tomato sauce. They serve them in just about a dozen different countries - as albondigas in Spain, polpetta al sugo[...]

Last week, I paid a visit to the Ten Kate market on the Ten Katestraat in the Oud West area of Amsterdam, not far from where I live these days. As I was[...]

After an uninspiring May, June and July, we've had a beautiful August in Amsterdam this year. It's the kind of August that calls for sitting outside, glass of[...]

I've been holding out on posting this recipe for a while because whenever I make them, I forget to write down the quantities - it's more of an "a little of[...]

New lives, new resolutions. It is 2012 and this year, I write you from Amsterdam where my wonderful housemate Rado and I have been trying to live 'healthier'[...]

Savoury, wintery, and what's not to love about like lamb? Like all good traditional home cooked meals, you can make a Shepherd's pie in just about a million[...]

Last weekend in London, I learned how to do something that had always seemed impossible to me. I learned how to poach an egg. Not by going to some cooking[...]

Today was one of those mornings. Perhaps the last warm Saturday in November (pretty unusual for the Netherlands), the trees behind our house have long[...]

The smooth silkyness that is Hollandaise sauce: the perfect complement for foods with soft flavors - asparagus, fish, poached egg.... need I go on? I'm a firm[...]

I know, I've been awful. Caught up in my PhD field research and other things, I have completely neglected this blog. It's been a year of extremes. This spring[...]

Happy to be back from culinary purgatory, I threw my friends a dinner party last Friday. Before we ever made it to the table, we sat for several hours over[...]

First of all, I should apologize to my blog followers for my 3-month silence. Right now, I could buy myself a get-out-of-jail free card and say that with 3[...]

Cherries!!! May is the season and all the fruit and vegetable shops are filled with them - red, shiny and irresistible. One look at that crate outside my[...]

Waking up nice and late, breakfast automatically became brunch today. I still had my box of quail eggs. For breakfast, I often make fried (chicken) eggs with[...]