I was born between asparagus beds in the south east of Holland. When in season, we always had the freshest and best. As a child I hated a lot of vegetables (much later I learned to love them all). But asparagus were something different (I am speaking of the white ones, growing up, we never [...]

A while ago we tried to make whisky fudge. Our first attempt. Of course we used a good single malt in the mixture! It tasted delicious but the consistency was still a bit soft, even after extensive boiling.     We decided to cover the fudge in chocolate. So we gave tempering the chocolate another [...]

This is a close up (macro) of blossom on one of our apple trees. It’s such a beautiful sight, those delicate pink flowers and the fresh green of the young leaves! We have two varieties, ‘Elstar’ and ‘Cox Orange’. The harvest is not too impressive but enough to make some nice apple recipes in the [...]

What a perfect day it is when you can lie in your hammock in the sun, reading “French country cooking” by Elizabeth David. Soft violins on your iPod. Dreaming of fields of lavender and apricot pies. Purple Pictures of the Provence where the food is simple and fresh and delicious. Elizabeth David new this long [...]

I want to make this list with the food equivalent of ‘do not wear white socks in sandals’. The first ones that pop into my head are: In a restaurant, do not insult the chef by putting salt on your food before you’ve even tasted it! Do not use long life milk in your cappuccino, [...]