Southern Delights

 

Kruisherenhotel

Chateau St Gerlach

Winselerhof

Chateau Neercanne

Well I made my publisher's deadline. Yesterday I handed in 5 illustrations for  a new series of boxed culinary notecards. The illustrations will be teamed with recipes of the chefs of Camille Oostwegel Chateau Hotels & Restaurants: Kruisherenhotel Maastricht, Chateau Neercanne, Chateau St Gerlach and Winselerhof. Camille Oostwegel is a renowned Dutch hotelier with a passion for restoring monumental buildings. All his hotels and restaurants are situated in the South of Holland. His latest project the Kruisherenhotel is in the centre of Maastricht, a former Crosier cloister, dating from the fifteenth century. Together with the monumental gothic church, this complex has been transformed into a spectacular designer hotel. The interior has been created by internationally renowned interior designer Henk Vos. Throughout the complex designs classics by Le Corbusier and Rietveld and modern designsers such Philippe Starck and Roderick Vos contrast beautifully with the original stained glass windows, walls and ceiling paintings.

note: each illustration contains ingredients from its corresponding recipe. pieces of Maastricht's aardewerk (ceramics) serve as the Southern Dutch heritage"ingredient". 

Japan vs Holland!

 impression of the cards unfolded with recipe on the back

to buy click here

handing HOLLAND to deputy Ambassador to Japan minister T. Jshii

You MUST get tired of me sometimes with everything that is going on. I get at least tired of myself once in a while, but mostly with a smile and YES just like you sometimes with a cry too.
This weekend is fully booked with events.
Soccer is a big thing in The Netherlands and the whole country is painted orange. People plan events around every match and I attended a Japanese event yesterday while Japan and Holland were playing against each other. Holland won 1-0....So in stead of waving the Dutch flag I have put the HOLLAND boxed notecards up on my blog. A series with 5 different illustrations based on the Delftblue collection of the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam teamed up with typical Dutch recipes. 10 double cards 2x5 designs, blank inside, recipe on the back. Recipes by Dutch culinary author & journalist Lise Goeman Borgesius. And the good thing is that they are availabe in English now! Interested to buy click here.