Early spring

The colorful banquets of spring and summer are much more appealing than those in winter I guess I can say that this year we skipped the...

It’s still summer

A good breakfast with fresh orange juice, figs, french toast (!) and coffee! When I tell people that my blog is called Food in the Str...

How to grow food in the city

Don’t expect a solution after reading this title. This post is to inspire you. I did some research, talked to some people and collecte...

Hunting the Streets

Signs telling us hunting is allowed You must have noticed it’s autumn. While most people decide to slowly crawl back in their houses (...

Mercati

A market is like a candy shop. I cannot resist the colorful and fresh produce In contrast to many northern European countries, it is m...

Keep it cool

August should be the hottest month of the Italian summer. Therefore many people choose to go out of the city to spend their holidays i...

Dumped

Dutch farmers will bring their surpluses to local food pantries I mentioned already that the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) was mea...

Hot or not

Villa Augustus in the Dutch town Dordrecht is immensely popular by all kind of people I already announced that this weeks’ post will...

Do it yourself

Still pretty but some sun, water and lot's of love will make them strong soon In our food-supply we have made ourselves completel...

Royal insects

Read the interesting blog which will convince you to at least try to eat something new Insects are usually related to nature and dirt...

Festivities

Last month we could already enjoy the first days like spring. Warm rays of sun heated our body and made us come out of or dark and moldy ho...

Royal lunch

A lunch like this would be a dream come true In the West people spend less and less time on their lunch. Even in Mediterranean countries ...

Water and Fire

A vegetarian lunchroom next to a butcher Sometimes it is hard to believe that two opposing characters are able to live together. It seem...

Golden ages and dark nights

A new year has come. A year in which we start with fresh ideas and good intentions. Now it has become January it won’t be long before days ...

One big fridge

How do you do your weekly food shopping? You do buy each day what you feel like? Or do you make a list and bring some big bags to fill up y...

Track and Trace

 A streetname which dates back to its former function; a market square were calfs where sold.  Jeans brand Kuyichi used to have a t...

The importance of....tourism

Whether you prepare it yourself or order it at a restaurant. You are fine as long as the ingredients are local. Today this blog exists e...

Farming the city

Should the farmer start a food factory? Loads of articles, documentaries and books are written about people in cities which start to gro...

Find a new balance

 To survive we should stay in balance (photo by RBisschops ) Someday soon the earth will welcome her 7 milliard inhabitant. Usually som...

Bees and the boring countryside

See the diversity in a city! The countryside is often found boring by people living in vibrating cities. The choices between shops is ve...