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 [...]

These are delicate little nibbles. More befitting of the word biscuit than cookie. I think it has to do with the ground almonds, they immediately give these cookies more elegance and refinement. Exactly the kind of delicacy you would expect, accompanying a cup of the most delicious cup of fragrant Darjeeling tea (for example first [...]

I have added new addresses to my ‘A Taste of Holland’ file. In this file I have collected the best culinary shops in our mayor cities. This is a list with the best bakeries, cake shops, tea and coffee sellers, cheese shops, fish mongers, chocolate makers, delicatessen and kitchenware stores Holland has to offer. So [...]

This is a our own version of a recipe Eds grandmother got when she got her first gas oven in the 1950′s. The recipe was published in a booklet from the gas company. The cookies are very crisp with an intense buttery caramel taste. Perfect as a little treat with a cup of hot cocoa [...]

We just got back from a foodfull visit to New York City. So much to try and taste and such small stomachs! It’s a shame and a blessing, it leaves you wishing you could manage more but you are also comforted by the thought you will always fit in your plane seat. Still, we tried [...]