Tasting Life...

A new year , a new beginning. Good resolutions, firework, lots and lots of oliebollen and a chance for 20 million in the new years eve lotte...

Happy 4th Christmas day! ;) [Sigh] The presents are unwrapped, the family is gone, the Christmas tree has lost most of it’s special-ness, an...

I know it’s needless to say, but I’ll do it anyway: It’s really almost Christmas now! I hope this info is not new or comes with a shock for...

Sinterklaas has left the country, our (gigantic) tree is up, shining and smelling really nice, and I have finally time to spend some time be...

It’s by now already quite some time ago since my trip to Paris . Exactly 25 days. Already way too long… I told extensive and detailed about ...

Sometimes is 1+1=3 These Chocolade Stroopkoeken (chocolate treacle cookies) are a classic example for this. They are not just two crispy c...

In Holland there are just a few really good, legendary, patissiers. Two of them are Cees Holtkamp and Kees Raat . They are both really diffe...

My new camera is driving me nuts . It’s so pretty and I really love it but I’m beginning to get a little desperate. It doesn’t matter what ...

I’d forgotten the power of a good basic cake . Like a Pavlov reaction, I thought instinctively of the margarine, soppy, flavourless versio...

If I were a cookie, I would be a macaron . No question. The flavour, the texture, the colours, the shape - it’s just the best cookie. The t...