If people, (c.q. the media in Holland), want to know about good coffee, this is the man they go to. Barend Boot, coffee connoisseur and lover almost since the day he was born. He is the man with the ‘ungrateful’ job of testing the Dutch coffee quality every year in the National Coffee Test (Nationale [...]

‘ Wie zoet is krijgt lekkers…’
(Those who are sweet, get sweets…)
Sinterklaas (or St. Nicolaas, the ‘original’ Santa Claus) has arrived in our little Country. He always arrives by boot from Spain three weeks before his birthday on the 6th of December. On the night before his birthday, December 5th, he brings all kinds of presents [...]

Think soft melting coffee mocha flavour covered with intense orange caramel tangy sweetness. What a fantastic combination. I was lucky enough to try out this recipe for a friend. We left the flans in the oven just a little bit too long (watch out with that), so the consistency of the flan wasn’t perfect yet….but [...]

A perfect marriage between blushing apples from the north and sun drenched figs from the south. When cultures meet you often get beautiful combinations. Muffins to remember the summer and take in the goodness of winter. The smell is great, the taste even better.

This is what you need
makes 12

300 grams of self raising flour
175 grams [...]

Last week we made the wonderful radiant sweet potato soup recipe that I found on catherine’s appetizing Albion Cooks. When I saw it on her blog I immediately loved the combination of colors and textures and knew this would be a ’soup to stay’. And indeed it is everything Catherine promised, even without the red [...]