Picture the scene: I arrive at my brother’s house on Christmas Eve and, like any good foodie, get to work on the family evening meal. I’m still trying to find...
One of my recent foodie projects was to create a gastro-tour of Amsterdam as an app on your phone. Essentially, you walk, I talk and various Dutch delicacies get consumed...
Yes folks, this is the second in my series of posts answering the FAQs posed by my readers about Amsterdam’s food highlights. Question: Are there any food festivals in Amsterdam?...
Nowadays, I get quite a lot of emails from readers either living in or visiting Amsterdam, asking me about the top foodie things to do. Pretty soon, I’m going to...
At the end of May, my preview of Taste of Amsterdam was published by the New York Times. As a result, I’m under contract not to write about it! So...
The great thing about food is that you never stop learning about it. Most of the time, you learn sort of accidentally-on-purpose via books and blogs and talking to people....
I haven’t had any photographers as Hidden Kitchen guests lately, and I rarely have any time to take photos myself during the meal. I have, however, gathered together a few...
No one can pronounce it, but it’s causing more havoc than Take That splitting up in 1996. Yep, it’s volcano fever here in Amsterdam, which means that those of you...
I’ve always thought I was pretty rubbish at networking. But I’ve come to the conclusion that it’s all relative to what I’m networking about… And if it’s for the sake...