klary koopmans

Another walk on the beach today. The sea looked very different from last time I was there - tempestuous and just a little bit scary. Fortun...

This soup (or soupy stew, because there isn't that much liquid) is one I made a little while ago from odds and ends in the fridge. It wa...

OK, we could have been eating roast pumpkin leftovers and cucumber salad for a couple of more days, but yesterday I rebelled against ‘eating...

How can you, my readers might ask, be on a budget challenge and have truffle risotto for dinner? When Dennis sent out the invites for his bi...

Het eten was heerlijk zaterdag. Maar toch moet ik eerlijk zeggen, dat een dag van voorbereidingen en mise en place, en daarna een paar uur v...

Het was een mooi feest met, al zeg ik zelf, bijzonder geslaagd eten. Van de witlof met avocado en grapefruit en de gorgonzola poffertjes, vi...

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Soms ontdek je ineens dat je al dagen, eigenlijk weken, alleen maar bezig bent met plannen/ organiseren/ lijstjes schrijven/ spreadsheets ma...

When someone announces a project, talks about it enthusiastically for a week or so, and then stops talking about it, there´s a pretty good c...

Donderdag was Dennis jarig, wat we vierden met pizza bij Renato´s , onze nieuwe Amsterdamse pizza favoriet, en daarna tot in de te kleine uu...

Sometime in December, I received a package in the mail. Packages are always exciting, but I’ve learned to check my enthusiasm when I arrive ...

Jeanette the chambermaid, and Mrs. Gunnerson the cook, indulging in a late night snack whilst discussing Blake Carrington´s methods for deal...

The ragú I made this weekend became a gloriously rich and decadent lasagna today. We only ate half, so the leftovers will be dinner tomorrow...

I´m typing this on my own dear laptop, at my own desk, enjoying my own view (even if the view is grey skies and drops of rain on the window ...

Money spent on groceries today: 4.00 euros - organic beef, and some bok choy. With udon noodles, black bean sauce and chili paste from the ...

Falafel , the ur-version, made with dried broad beans instead of chickpeas. After painstakingly removing the tough skins from every single b...