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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 ...

I have written twice about sake in Amsterdam recently, reporting about some good bottles of sake I discovered first at Meidi Ya on Beethovenstraat and ...

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 ...

Even though there is a fairly large Japanese community in Amsterdam, it is hard to come by good sake. Sure, people know about sake and ...

I thought I would post a brief warning for unsuspecting visitors. Many restaurants and cafes in Amsterdam close for summer vacation. Around the time of ...

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 ...

In January I attended a wine tasting of Dutch wine e-tailer vindict.com. The wine tasting was fun and I also liked the web site of ...

Dutch wine magazine WijnPers is currently having a competition where you can vote for your favorite wine shop. My favorite wine shop is Ton Overmars on ...

Concept supermarket Marqt is giving away free tickets for Taste for each shopping spree of € 25 and above. Marqt has attracted a large number of ...

Back in March I landed an incredibly fragrant and fresh white truffle on one of my frequent trips to Italian traiteur Feduzzi. This weekend I ...

Italian wine merchant Vino di Pino opened its doors in late 2008. I stopped by a few times for the January February March special - ...

If there are two things I hate about food shopping in Amsterdam, it's (a) Dutch super markets and (b) bonus cards. For the non-locals: Dutch food ...