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...

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...

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 ...

Food market(ing) - An essay IV

The book Eat this has ten suggestions for food hotspots which offer a good opportunity to create public domain. Most of them still give ...

Fun

The model as a result of the essay (roof is kept open to be able to look into the interior) I just realized it is such fun to write th...

Meltdown

A few weeks ago I wrote about the temptations one gets’ when walking in a city. Restaurants try to convince passers-by to enter their resta...

Streetfood

A food stand between Vigevano and Casale Monferrato (Piemonte) This tekst is also available on IL CAMBIAMENTO Some months ago I already...

National proud!

No matter what you eat, dinner should be joined togheter Until WW II the Dutch main meal was made from potatoes, vegetables and ocassion...

Pranzo

Halfway the week we are halfway describing a day of differences between eating Italians and Dutch. After today two more blogposts will foll...

Trots op Nederland

Net als in vele andere landen hebben wij in Nederland een aantal producten die we missen als we een tijdje in het buitenland verblijven. We...

In de rij op de boerderij

Het lentezonnetje zorgt voor veel energie. De natuur wordt wakker uit haar winterslaap, boom- en bloemknoppen barsten open, vogels zingen ...

...... of Food desert?

Vorige week schreef ik over het grote aanbod aan supermarkten dat we in Nederlandse steden kennen. Het aanbod is enorm, maar of er werkelij...

Verkassen

Het platte Nederlandse landschap biedt veel mogelijkheden voor landbouw en veeteelt. Dit gebeurt zowel zichtbaar als onzichtbaar. Vaak bete...

Slow Foodmiles – Deel I (een kort essay)

“……their availability is restricted. “ Een zin uit het boek Slow Food van Carlo Petrini, the godfather van de beweging die zich onder an...

Pop up food

Een ouderwets model oliebollenkraam. Meer kramen zijn te vinden op Flickr . Elk jaargetijde kent zo zijn specifieke tradities en lekkerni...