Amsterdam has so much great things. Good old cheese. Good Shopping. Inspiring old architecture with a strong character. Water. Good biking possibilities. God, I start sounding like Monocle Magazine. Especially there are some very nice people in Amsterdam. Marieke let us stay at her wonderful addict. It was so beautiful and I fell asleep listening to the raindrops crashing on … Read More
Bread Exchange goes A’dam
Mariekes Oven prooved it self to be more then just very good looking.
On the road again
My sourdough is a well traveled little fellow. He has been around the world and I would call him a true cosmopolit. He has been breathing the London smog in Hackney. Been smuggled through the the custom more times then he can remember. Been relaxing in my Berlin home in Prenzlauer Berg. Been inspired by designers and gallerists in our … Read More
Fast food for Frankie
After 4 hours at IKEA with the impossible mission to stick to my moodboard for my Balcony decoration I was deadly hungry. So hungry that I swallowed my food in less bites then looked appropriate. I was happy noone was at the table with me. I decided that fast food should be eaten by hand. If you gonna eat fast … Read More
the Feast of the Lambs
Celia, Robin and I just ate the best Easter dinner ever. I am still flashed. Robin made a Indonesian/Dutch specialty called “Spekkoek”. Crazy good!! It was a bit winter-y but if he will share me his recipe I will make it into an Elmlid-Christmas tradition. It is very hard to get into my cake list. But this one is one … Read More
with a little help from friends
I had been posting for help at my Facebook group for Bread Exchange and everything is made by help from the Bread friends. Thank you soo soo much all of you! Not to forget everyone that posted on the blogs, feeds, facebookprofiles or simply spread the word by mouth, thank you! Konradin – For bringing me fresh grounded Brandenburg organic … Read More
Pop up Bakery
The pop up bakery has been in my mind for a while now. Since Gerard and I were baking for our clients at the Paris showroom during fashion week I know that the fashion crowed knows how to appreciate good bread. If we ignore any hidden agenda the idea is simple. I bake organic sourdough bread according to old traditions … Read More
one day without Sourdough Bread
The feast of unleavened bread shalt thou keep. 34:18 (fifth book of Moses) The tradtions says that you should stay away from Sourdough bread from tonight. I have heard it has not been proven yet, The fact that Jesus shared not sour bread with his 12 Disciples. They have found tiny bubble in the bread cloth that was used during … Read More
Sacrificing 2 shoes for a Waffle iron
Womens Fashionweek in Paris is coming up. This means, once again, heavy packing. This time I will drop some of my shoes and only pack 5 instead of 7 (well, we will see how that goes…) and instead bring the following: Waffle iron 2 pk Yeast (for the waffles) Belgian Pearlsugar (I can probably get it in Paris but just … Read More