17th century

Pickled anchovies

For the third course of the menu with adapted recipes in the edition of Het excellente kookboek (The Excellent Cookbook)…

3 years ago

Melon pie from the eighteenth century

Straight to the recipe Deze meloentaart is heerlijk bij koffie of thee, maar in de achttiende eeuw werd hij tegelijk…

4 years ago

Cucumber Salad

Straight to the recipe A familiar recipe with a twist One of the first modern recipes I published in the Dutch section…

6 years ago

Pickle Herring, the ‘forgotten fish’

It is time to change that! In February 2016 I organized a cookery course for the first time in nearly…

6 years ago

A brief history of pasta – Part 2

To part 1 of the history of pasta When I published two macaroni recipes from World War I, I also…

7 years ago

Fish with ‘sauce ramolade’

Straight to the recipe A light dish from the court of Louis XIV   Sometimes food from the past seems…

7 years ago

Eggs with gooseberries

Straight to the recipe An odd but tasty dish Recently I published an article in the periodical De Boekenwereld (The Book World)…

9 years ago

Plum Pie and Pieter Cornelisz Hooft

Straight to the recipe A delicious Dutch pie from the seventeenth century Straight to the recipe Summer is plum season.…

10 years ago

Divine wine

An exquisite drink from the seventeenth century Straight to the recipe During the seventeenth century a meal was often concluded by drinking…

11 years ago

Chicken with spring vegetables

Straight to the recipe A recipe from the First Stadtholderless Period On 30 April 2013 Dutch Queen Beatrix abdicated from…

11 years ago