It’s 2017! It’s the brand new year! I hope you are waking up slowly today, recovering from a little hangover, or the opposite: that you woke up very early and went for a new year’s run or walk already,…
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The Netherlands
Winter in Amsterdam is in full swing. It’s freezing cold, we expect some snow and we have to scratch the ice off the car’s windows in the morning. Without my scarf, hat and gloves I am nowhere. Tea, coffee…
On the Northern Hemisphere it’s the shortest day of the year today. In Amsterdam, where I live and work at the moment, the sun rises around 08.49 and will set again at 16.28. In between there is twilight (dusk…
While winter in Europe is in full swing, the days being short and dark, everyone prepares for Christmas and I work a lot in the restaurant (December is busy. Lots of functions, end-of-the-year dinners and a huge wedding) we…
Since I can remember this cake is on our Christmas table, or already on the table just before Christmas. My mother bakes Bundt every year, and not only one; at least 12, to give away to people she knows,…
Do you want to do something special in Amsterdam? Want to surprise & treat a friend or your love for a chic breakfast, lunch or dinner? Then take him or her to Jansz. restaurant, a true hotspot in the upmarket (and…
Sauerkraut is a typical Dutch-German dish. Bockwurst as well. And mustard and bacon/speck is something we Northern Europeans are also not fussy about. From all the mash and ‘stumps’ (a mixture between potatoes and often vegetables) we make in…
What happens if you let a French three Michelin star and a Dutch two Michelin star restaurant cook a 10 course dinner together? Flavour town! Fireworks in your mouth. That is what happens. I was the lucky one to…
I know it’s not Plettenberg Bay or one of Cape Town’s pretty beaches. But sand – check -, sea – check -, waves – check, wind through hair – check, a feeling of freedom – check. Yet, it really…
There is nothing better than a perfect morning coffee on the perfect hotspot on a cold and grey autumn day in the city. That is exactly what I did last week when I had a morning off before work.…