Dutch Food & Drinks
Mona’s flavour sensations
For the past 40 years dessert brand Mona has been producing delicious dairy desserts. Mona is renowed for inventing flavour sensations with for example...
Vlaai: pastry tart from the southern province of Limburg
Did you know that 'vlaai' (pronounced as 'fly') is a typically pastry tart from the southern province of Limburg?
Vlaai comes in many varieties; with...
Gourmand World Cookbook Award for Dutch top chef
Did you know that Dutch top chef Jonnie Boer and his wife Thérèse have won the Gourmand World Cookbook Award at the Paris Cookbook...
The Dutch love asparagus
Did you know that asparagus are the most loved vegetable among the Dutch? Green beans and chicory witloof are popular too. Dutch people don't...
The Dutch eat five billion ‘kruidnootjes’ a year
Did you know that the Dutch consume over 5 billion 'kruidnootjes' (ginger nuts) each year?
The distinctive red coated Edam cheese
Did you know that the distinctive red coated Edam cheese was originally colored with poppy juice? The wax helps preserve the cheese by preventing...
Knitted hats on top of smoothie bottles
Did you know that over 100,000 hats have been knitted for Innocent smoothies to raise money for trips for lonely elderly people? €0.20 for...
Jailed Serbian warlord complains about blend Dutch meals
Did you know that defendants of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia in the Hague complain about their daily Dutch meals being...
Many Dutch recipes contain potatoes
Did you know that potatoes are the prime ingredient for a large number of traditional Dutch recipes?
Frisian clove cheese
Did you know that Frisian clove cheese is made with skimmed milk, cumin and cloves? This spicy cheese ('nagelkaas' in Dutch) had a long...