I’m so glad all this racquet and ball nonsense is over. Tennis and I have a chequered history: I was so bad at it at school that forcing me to...
Ok, so I (Vicky Hampton) have been on facebook for years. But I’ve recently created an Amsterdam Foodie group with the intention of bringing this whole Web 2.0 blogging business...
I once read some blogging book that told me not to write too much or cover more than one topic in each post. Yes. Well. I’m aware I don’t always...
It won’t have escaped anyone’s notice (unless you happen to be in Iceland) that it’s been really rather warm lately. In fact, it’s a steady 26 degrees in my flat...
This weekend saw the four-day ‘Taste of…’ festival coming to Amsterdam for the first time. I showed up on the last day, dodging the potentially tropical rainstorm, to find out...
Ok, amsterdamfoodie.nl has only existed for a year and a half, but it’s two years to the day since I wrote my first blog entry – back in the days...
Ricotta, peas, mint… made for each other. This month’s seasonal recipe was adapted from Simon Rimmer’s pea and pancetta lasagne. While traditional lasagne is time consuming and a bit of...
Anyone who’s ever had insomnia will know how utterly pointless and unproductive it is. You’re not actually doing anything while you’re lying there not sleeping; and neither are you exactly...
I’m definitely not a paid up member of the Organic Party, nor am I a constable for the Seasonal Police. Yet the past year has seen me cutting down my...
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Hi, I’m Vicky! Food writer and certified wine geek. Amsterdammer and digital nomad. British by birth and Dutch by choice.
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