Dutch Food and Drink

A plain guide to the main Dutch cheeses, what the age and fat labels mean, and which names are protected.

A traditional Dutch breakfast is buttered bread with one thin topping, from cheese and peanut butter to chocolate hagelslag. Here…

A guide to dutch food, from winter stamppot and bar-snack bitterballen to poffertjes, stroopwafel, Gouda and the cafe habits around…

Learn how to make poffertjes, the puffy Dutch mini pancakes, with a tested-by-tradition batter, pan tips, fixes and serving ideas.

Koffie verkeerd is the Dutch milky coffee, half coffee and half warm milk. Here is what the name means, how…

A practical dutch apple pie recipe for appeltaart: a press-in melted-butter crust, precooked apples, a crisscross top, plus spice, apple…

Bitterballen are the classic Dutch pub snack: a thick, meaty ragout rolled into balls, breaded and fried. Here is where…