Amsterdam Foodie

Daar ben ik weer. This week, the third in my series of posts answering the FAQs posed by my readers about Amsterdam’s food highlights. Question: Where can I buy allspice/preserved lemons/unpasteurised cheese/Thai basil/sushi rice/[insert random ingredient here]? Answer: You’ve tried the supermarket to no avail… these are the alternatives. 1. Volkskruidentuin (Kinkerstraat 142), for North [...]

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? And when and where do they happen? Answer: Ja zeker! 1. Taste of Amsterdam: held annually at the end of June in Amstelpark. Arriving in [...]

As promised, this is the first in a series of posts answering the FAQs posed by my readers about Amsterdam’s food highlights. Question: I’m coming to visit Amsterdam, and I love markets. Which ones should I check out for food? Answer: These are my top five! 1. Noordermarkt: Saturdays only, in the Jordaan. Sells organic [...]

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 be able to direct them to an audio tour that will deliver a couple of hours of Amsterdam foodie aural pleasure straight to their iPhone. [...]

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 here instead are some pictures taken by my fellow food blogger, Dennis Goedegebuure.

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. But now and again you go after the next fix in foodiness and decide to take a lesson in something completely new. A couple of [...]