Thanks everyone for the enthusiastic, stimulating and inspiring reactions to our first bread video (see previous posting). And also to all the people who tasted our bread this year and asked for more! and also gave very useful tips for improvement and additions. More and more we are convinced of the positive properties of good [...]

Like marzipan, speculaas (or speculaasjes as the individual cookies are called) is a cookie highly connected with the feast of Sinterklaas in Holland. The name speculaas has to do with the wooden molds the cookies are made in (we call it a speculaasplank, speculaas comes from the word speculum (mirror). One of the more famous [...]

Today I made my first real brioche. By real I mean I took the time and effort to try out a recipe that, to me, seemed the most authentic and French. For the recipe I used one of my most priced possessions for over 12 years, the book on Patisserie by the Roux brothers. This [...]

This recipe is a classic type of trifle from the Nordic region, called ‘Tilslørte Bondepiker’ in Norway and Tilslørede Bondepiger in Denmark (they can fight over who was first as long as they don’t hit each other over the head with the trifle, that would be wasting a lovely dessert). The original version is made [...]

Here are some helpful and not to miss suggestions
to get you into the Christmas spirit!
Books
These books are great for inspiration, either for their recipes
or for the Christmas feeling they give you:

Elizabeth David’s Christmas by Elizabeth David
Christmas from the Heart of the Home by Susan Branch
Nigella Christmas by Nigella Lawson
Delia Smith’s Christmas by Delia Smith
Christmas Cooking [...]