This is a guest post by Betsy and Warren Talbot of An Uncluttered Life. Since we began traveling the world in 2010, my husband Warren has collected recipes. Every time we have a great meal, meet a chef, or start a conversation at a market, he wants to know what’s cooking and how it’s made. […]
Belgium
Our stories of food and culture, and the recipes we collected along our way from our travels through Belgium.
4 Things To Do In Ghent
We often find ourselves not doing much research before visiting a new city, this has its good and bad points. The good often involves discovering things at your own pace while the bad means you probably miss a few things that you would have enjoyed. Here are 4 things to do in Ghent that you […]
SPECULAAS ALMOND BISCOTTI
Speculaas Remember the windmill cookies you used to eat as a child? Maybe you never stopped eating them. They’re called Speculaas, odd name, tasty cookie. The word means figurine or log. They used to be a tradition during a holiday called St Nicholas’ Eve in Belgium and the Netherlands. Now they’re available year round. The spice […]
Battered and Brugged – FLEMISH STEW WITH CHANTERELLES
t’Keiserhof We were thankful that our little hotel, t’Keiserhof in Brugge was only a four-minute walk from the train station. My sprained ankle was still causing me serious pain, especially walking on the uneven cobblestone streets. Nevertheless, we were eager to explore this much talked about medieval city so we threw our packs in our room […]
Belgian Bublé – GREEN CURRY MUSSELS and BELGIAN WAFFLES
Buzz of Amsterdam After the buzz of Amsterdam, we were afraid that Antwerp would be a letdown. A wrong turn made the walk from the train station, a marvellous piece of architecture, to the hotel, very long. The McDonald’s of hotels We finally arrived at yet another Ibis hotel (the McDonald’s of hotels) and settled […]