Journal

By Porter Lang Start with the object. Wikipedia describes the ordinary Dutch bicycle as a roadster, sometimes called the ladies’ […]

By Isla Quinn Heat. Breath. A gather of molten glass on a pipe. That is how Leerdam’s glass starts, and

By Ines Keane Pale yellow inside. Red wax outside. A flat-ended sphere. Wikipedia describes the cheese in just those terms,

By Rafe Calder One block of wood. A hand axe, a sharp knife and about three weeks of drying. That

By Ines Keane The story told most often is about waste. As Tasting Table and DutchReview tell it, a baker

By Porter Lang Kinderdijk’s mills were drainage machines. UNESCO lists the Mill Network at Kinderdijk-Elshout for its dykes, reservoirs, pumping

By Ines Keane Raw fish, a little onion, a quick tilt of the head. The tradition is short. The rules

By Rafe Calder Gouda is a town, a style and a protected name. They do not mean the same thing.

By Porter Lang By 1606 the Dutch were taxing jenever, which Wikipedia reads as a sign that it was no

By Rafe Calder In 1749, Gouda had 349 pipe workshops. By 1853 it had 13. That is the whole story