A delicious treat This 'pepper cake' is very popular in the Netherlands, and is known under several other names, like ontbijtkoek (breakfast cake)…
Straight to the recipe A nineteenth-century recipe with apples and apple syrup Originally I had planned a completely different recipe…
Great with mashed potatoes and red cabbage Hachee (pronunciation ɦɑʃeː or hashay) is a traditional Dutch winter dish with beef. It has an almost medieval flavour, because…
Straight to the recipe What Johann Sebastian Bach might have eaten in Leipzig The connection between the pasties and the…
Straight to the recipe An ancient Roman delicacy In June 2012 I gave a talk about Roman Food at the Roman Festival in Nijmegen,…
A very Dutch summer fare This dish, boiled potatoes and uncooked endives mashed together, was the favourite dish of my…
A very special meatball This meat dish is typically Dutch. I have not been able to find an exact translation of…
Straight to the recipe The Apple Pie of Hannah Glasse (The Art of Cookery made Plain & Easy, 1747) is prepared with…
Straight to the recipe Or: Plagiarism and Hackwork Who does not love apple pie? At least, good apple pie, because there are…
Straight to the recipe Playing with colours During Lent, which starts on Ash Wednesday and ends on Holy Saturday before…