Archives for “food”

Pizza di Pino Amsterdam

Pino's wine store near Hoofddorpplein is quickly turning into a complete source of Italian drink, food and lifestyle. Pino opened his store on Haarlemmermeerstraat about a ...


Italia Al Dente Amsterdam

This upcoming Saturday and Sunday, March 6 and 7, the third edition of Italia Al Dente, an event around Italian food, wine and cooking, will ...


Twice recently, we went out for a private dinner with a group of friends. And both times it was excellent! The food was good and ...


Fresh white truffles still are a rare find in Amsterdam, both in shops and restaurants. About a year ago I found some at Feduzzi and ...


Broodje Bert is a small sandwich shop on a corner of the Singel between the Negen Straatjes and Kalverstraat. The appearance is distinctly Dutch. The ...


Albert Heijn is the largest supermarket chain in the Netherlands and very much dominates the grocery business in Amsterdam. While most Dutch people happily do ...


No More Kroket in NYC

The Dutch kroket is like Pernod in the south of France or Turrón in Alicante. A local food you discover and fall in love with ...


The area around Hoofddorpplein has a great new Italian take away option. Italian wine store Vino di Pino started offering pasta dishes a few weeks ...


New Year's Eve is approaching fast and the oliebollen street vendors have returned to the popular corners of Amsterdam to sell their greasy winter treats. The ...


Winter Parade Amsterdam

De Parade is a popular yearly theater festival with focus on food and drinks. The shows take place in tents, built around a central market ...


Named after the French and invented by the Belgians, the Dutch certainly love their fries no less than these nations and make and consume them ...


Pure Markt in Park Frankendael is one the most fun markets in Amsterdam. Every last Sunday of the month it brings together a wide variety ...


TheAmsterdam Okura hotel, home of Michelin star restaurants Ciel Bleu and Yamazota is launching an exciting new concept for foodies. "Taste of Okura" is a ...


Saturday 7 November will see the opening of the 2nd edition of CHOCA, a festival organized by the chocolate industry to "inspire and innovate"... I'm not ...


Pure Markt Amsterdam is an artisanal food market that takes place once a month in Park Frankendael in Amsterdam. I first went there in August ...


dutchgrub's been somewhat quiet recently - traveling and enjoying fabulous food in Hamburg, New York and Montreal. Will report later on the culinary part of ...


In late August, I finally made it to the Pure Markt Amsterdam in Park Fraenkendaal and had a great time. Tomorrow, there will be a ...


Dutch Week of Taste

The national Week of Taste (Dutch) will start on Sunday 20 September. For one week, until 27 September, many restaurants, shops, producers, and others will ...


I finally went to Pure Markt, which is happening once a month in Park Frankendael, also home to Restaurant De Kas, one of dutchgrub's best ...


Oyster Party Amsterdam

Slowfood Netherlands is organizing an oyster party on September 13 in cooperation with Slowfood New York. 400 years ago Henry Hudson discovered the island of Manhattan ...


A summer full of food festivals is slowly winding down. We had pure food festivals like the Holland Food festival and Taste. And many of ...


Last weekend we went to De Parade to see Spinvis and have a good time with a group of friends. De Parade in Amsterdam will ...


Today is the first day of De Parade Amsterdam, a theater festival with focus on food and drinks in Amsterdam's Martin Luther Kingpark. De Parade is ...


Yesterday we scored big time at Le Fournil de Sebastien on our regular Saturday food shopping trip. Le Fournil is a French artisan bakery on ...


Best Amsterdam Terraces

Amsterdam is a different city when the sun comes out. The locals know all too well that sunny days are precious and head for the ...