A collection of links on the Netherlands, its history and culture, what to discover, and how. With a special focus on Amsterdam and on the relatively rural region just outside and southeast of the city.
Links to sites that are (partly) in English, unless mentioned otherwise. If you're interested in cooking (and eating) your own traditional or historical Dutch meal, have a look on Experience Holland

Historical and Dutch cooking.

• www.foodtimeline.org : a food timeline, with recipes starting 10,000 BC.
• www.coquinaria.nl : recipes from Roman times to the nineteenth century + online editions of several medieval Dutch cookbooks.
• www.godecookery.com : recipes of Middle Ages & Renaissance, adapted for the 21st century kitchen.
• www.medievalcookery.com : European recipes from 14th - 17th century.
• www.jannekes.eu : Dutch recipes.
• www.godutch.com : traditional Dutch recipes on site of Dutch North American newspaper "the Windmill".

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