Amsterdam Color Study Recipe

Heidi, Love the color study. So beautiful. My husband is leaving for Amsterdam on Saturday for business...any restaurants you would recommend? What a great trip you must be having! I haven't been to Amsterdam since college and would love to experience it again now that my budget and palette have grown.

I think the bush with the berries is pyracantha --that's what it was called in my mother's garden. (You're in the home of cole slaw: any ideas?)

The camera sees what we don't. Note the two red cars on the right hand side of the canal (near the bridge) in your beautiful photo at the beginning of this article. Overcast days make the colors pop... Thank you for sharing your trip with us!

Wow, excellent photography. I don't quite understand this site though - is it just you or is it different people all the time?

Love the blog.

Thanks for taking us along on the trip with you! I don't think I'd be able to describe all the new sights and sounds well enough to post about them while I'm there, so good for you!

Have recently had a dear little granddaughter named Ginger. I haven't been able to adjust to the name but loved the sound of your "Gateau a l'orange et au Gingermbre ' - I have baked the lovely cake and celebrated the birth of beautiful Gingermbre.

the orange berries are quite common in Europe - or at least in Germany as well...we used to have some in our garden when we lived there :)

Oy, this makes me homesick for Europe -- love the mixture of melancholy and charm mixed with fabulous bread. It's what keeps me going back - thanks for the reminders! Beautiful.

Heidi...It's like I'm there! You are so descriptive in your writing. A pleasure to read your recipe AND travel posts.

h. When you said you were going to Amsterdam, I assummed you would be taking a vacation from "101 cookbooks", and that things would be dull without you, and that we would all miss you and be anxious for your return. It never occurred to me that you would share your vacation with us... what a rare, special treat. You honor us, thank you...v

Heidi - great pictures and hope you're enjoying your holiday! I was in Amsterdam just a few weeks ago, but totally forgot to check out the farmers' market:( Silly me..

Gorgeous photos, as usual! Thanks for sharing. That Dylan Cookbook is beautiful. We were just in Amsterdam a couple of weekends ago, staying at the College Hotel, and they had a copy. I didn't bring it home, but now I think that I should have. :-)

Those berries look like cotoneaster (not "cotton-easter," but "co-tone-e-aster"). Googled images of "cotoneaster"

Nice to see a post on what i call home for the last five years. This was precisely my impression of the city when i first set foot on this land: murky. And I still believe one has to be raised here to appreciate that fact changes with seasons. However, orange is the exception. It is the most common outlet for vibrancy in the palette of the city. It is the national colour and Amsterdam is the capital...so it is pretty much "themed" that way. As for the absence of flashiness: the Dutch are generally "proud" to be low-key, which most will explain as cultural Calvinism. I hope you enjoyed your stay and I'm definitely looking forward to your comments on your culinary experience in the Netherlands.

Thanks Heidi for taking us along on your vacation. It was so much fun. I'm anxious to hear more about the recipes and books your brought back.

thanks again for providing a "feel" of the real thing. beautiful. so much more of an idea of the area than the travel pics/sites can offer. i've really enjoyed the "trip" ;)

Even though I am not from Amsterdam (I am from The Hague) it made me a little homesick looking at your pictures. Oh, how I wish I could go into one of these great little restaurants or bistro's and enjoy something European! Thank you Heidi! P.S. Did you buy cheese in Alkmaar?

Thank you for bringing this very cold and dark morning to life. I am looking forward to reading, making and eating the recipes you have promised us. Chris

Wow, Heidi, great pictures....its making me all homesick in a good way :-) Amsterdam is so lovely but can be quite murky at this time of year, when the weather is grey but I think that's part of the charm...look forward to reading about the recipes x eva