Recent content by JimInHolland

You like Douwe? Must be a case of the grass being greener - and I do pine for Starbucks, that's true. The reason for the narrow houses leads to the hook at the top of the house - when they were digging the canals in Amsterdam, the taxation was based upon the frontage of the house to the...

I wasn't clear before so - while I've done pizza dough a few times and the plastic blade is perfect, if you're doing scones, the metal blade works better as you really want to break up the cold butter into the flour.

Schiphol is the most active airport in Europe and it's really set up to whisk people through, which is a good thing. Too many store otherwise. But the big news at Schiphol is -- we have our own Starbucks now. Three of them, the only ones in the country. As much as I love the culture, the narrow...

Hey Dave - Goede morgen to you too. If there's a recipe you're looking for, let me know and maybe I have it in a cookbook here. :chef: I can tell you the basic secret of dutch cooking though - butter and oil. Lots of it.

It is a great place to live but pretty expensive - I'm in a 40% tax bracket, but that's the price for all the benefits here. We live more like farmers than agriculturalists so the population prefers small open markets and local meats and cheeses. Supermarkets do well still - everyone gets what...

That's what I mean - many pizza dough recipes say knead for 10-12 minutes in a mixer with a dough hook, while food processor books say 40-60 seconds, sometimes with a metal blade, sometimes with a plastic paddle, but always under a minute - heck of a differential!

Stroopwafels... Stroopwafels are best when they're hot and gooey, so if you're awake on a saturday morning and not too hung over, you'd head to the town's open market and there's often someone making them fresh. The ones in the store are good, but not quite the same thing... Stroopwafels are...

Before I go on... ...I just wanted to say Hi to everyone here! Very nice to feel at home so quickly. Sorry for the delay in writing, but I was in Brussels for some shopping that got out of hand and I needed another day to bring back furniture. :ohmy:

Better later than not... Just for the record, I'm from New Jersey. Just happened to get lucky! But I'm not too far from Utrecht, 20 minutes north on the way to Amssterdam. My family, on Mom's side, are Polish bakers who settled in Jersey City at the turn of the old century. I'm happy if I...

Kenwood FP920 I also have a Kenwood FP920, and I was wondering if I'd burn it out. I'm trying to make the occasional bread or pizza dough at home, as most recipes call for 10-15 minutes of kneading in a stand-blender with a dough hook. The Kenwood has this plastic paddle for kneading, but I'm...

Hi all - My name is Jim, I'm writing in from the Netherlands and I'm baking-crazy. Fabulous to find this forum!