When: January 31, 2006
What: pizza 4-fromaggi w salami picked up at Capri
Wine: 1999, Barolo, Bricco Fontanile
Where: home, Amsterdam
With whom: my self, being watched by my wife
Whatelse: tv-time

When: January 30, 2006
What: fish-stick, fennel gratin and pasta (and a corncob for my son)
Wine: 2004, chardonnay, koonunga hill, penfolds (one of the preferred day-by-day chards)
Where: home, Amsterdam
With whom: my son
Whatelse: one of the rare occasions I cooked dinner, with my wife being in France

When: January 29, 2006
What: ribeye sauce bearnaise with French fries and salad
Wine: ????, Coronas, Miguel Torres (ok)
Where: cafe restaurant Amsterdam, Amsterdam
With whom: my son
Whatelse: my wife is still in Paris for a large interior decoration trade show; I bumped in to Marcel, whom I had not seen for ages (currently writing for VARA guide, amongst others), my son likes shrimp croquets (which I enjoyed in combination with a glass of Chardonnay from Michel Lacroche), he was spotted by one of our neighbours, whom I had never met before and he played and played and played (did not really want to go home)

When: January 28, 2006
What: pasta bolognaise a la Lynda
Wine: 1999, Barolo, Bricco Fontanile (excellent)
Where: home, Amsterdam
With whom: my son
Whatelse: my wife is in Paris for a large interior decoration trade show

When: January 27, 2006
What: wiener schnitzel a la Lynda, with rice, spinach and cauliflower and an egg
Wine: no
Where: home, Amsterdam
With whom: my family
Whatelse: new plates, an addition to the ever expanding collection of celadon

When: January 26, 2006
What: wild pig with mushrooms and a lot of other stuff
Wine: 2003, Bourgonges Cotes Hautes de Beaune, Poulet pere et fils (light, very light)
Where: restaurant Bloemsem, Amsterdam
With whom: Jan-Paul
Whatelse: deep, touching, exciting (and very friendly but sloppy service, with a false length claim), with a very, very nice Pouilly Fume (2003, Earl domaine Herve Seguin, Le Bouchot) definitely worth stocking up, accompanied by an insteresting starter (tomato coulis, grilled snapper and "venkel"), followed by a lovely cod soup, with a tad too much of maizena. Sadly the desert was not good at all (efforts made to compensate didn't really pan out); thanks to compamy a wonderful dinner.

When: January 25, 2006
What: shoarma with ruccola
Wine: 2001, Beaujolais-Villages, Domaine des Nugues (yep)
Where: home, Amsterdam
With whom: my wife
Whatelse: the only meal, well, may be with pizza, we eat in front of the television

When: January 24, 2006
What: fish sticks, grilled courgette, peas and rice
Wine: 2001, Beaujolais-Villages, Domaine des Nugues (yes, very nice)
Where: home, Amsterdam
With whom: my family
Whatelse:

When: January 23, 2006
What: pasta bolonese a la Lynda
Wine: 2001, Beaujolais-Villages, Domaine des Nugues (very nice)
Where: home, Amsterdam
With whom: myself
Whatelse: full plate in about 3 minutes flat on the way to my movie loving dentist

When: January 22, 2006
What: lambchops, baked potatoes with rosemary and very tasteful broccoli and beans
Wine: 2001, Beaujolais-Villages, Domaine des Nugues (and again, very nice!)
Where: home, Amsterdam
With whom: my family
Whatelse: even the new cat (poes Palle), first day in the house, enjoyed the lamb from behind the couch

When: January 21, 2006
What: various sushi
Wine: none
Where: home, Amsterdam (take out from Go Sushi)
With whom: my family
Whatelse: Olivier loves sushi to a certain extent and he is trying to understand how to eat with chop sticks

When: January 20, 2006
What: "longhaas", with potatoes and vegetables
Wine: 2000, Chateauneuf-du-Pape, Dom. C. Cigale (lovely)
Where: restaurant Silex, Amsterdam
With whom: Michiel, Steef, Daniel, David, Jan
Whatelse: preceded by tuna, very briefly baked, with crab and oyster soup, both courses accompanied by a 2003 Oyster Bay, Chardonnay, Marlborough. It was a lovely evening with good friends and it wasn't until 06.00 AM before I found my bed

When: January 19, 2006
What: mashed potatoes with andive, bacon and suasage
Wine: 2001, Beaujolais-Villages, Domaine des Nugues (and again, very nice!)
Where: home, Amsterdam
With whom: myself
Whatelse: in Dutch it's called "Stamppot rauwe andijvie" and I must say, my wife makes a good one!

When: January 18, 2006
What: sushi
Wine: sake (make unknown)
Where: restaurant Takano, Zurich, Switzerland
With whom: myself
Whatelse: preceded by a lovely miso-soup, a pleasant little salad and some unconvincing chicken sate; the sushi, in this quiet little restaurant outside the citycenter, fishwise was ok (certainly considering how landlocked Switzerland is and how distant the sea), but ricewise not

When: January 17, 2006
What: French fries
Wine: none
Where: home, Amsterdam
With whom: my wife
Whatelse: mayonaise; nobody felt like cooking dinner or getting take-out

When: January 16, 2006
What: fegato a la Veneziana (liver of veal with broccoli, red coal and a slice of polenta pie (I think) - wonderful!!!
Wine: 2000, Granato, Foradori (exquisite)
Where: Segugio, Amsterdam
With whom: Ivo
Whatelse: two beautiful preceding dishes: torre de zucha (pumpkin soup with coquilles) and toretelloni a la stoccafisso (large ravioli with "stokvis"), and good company, very much worth getting to know better

When: January 15, 2006
What: rib-eye with sauce bearnaise, French fries and a salad
Wine: 2003, Lalande-de-Pomerol, Château Bourseau (very nice, full flavoured, perfect with the rib-eye)
Where: Cafe Restaurant Amsterdam, Amsterdam
With whom: Lynda, Olivier, Frans, Mechteld, Annetje, Marie
Whatelse: luckily we found the missing parts of the Stokke chairs

When: January 14, 2006
What: sole, spinach and rice
Wine: none
Where: home, Amsterdam
With whom: my family
Whatelse: we have a fantastic fish-shop, established not long ago in our neighbourhood and this sole was fantastic

When: January 13, 2006
What: risotto with minced meat, rosemary, sage and barbera wine from Alba, with a salad of tomatoes and ruccola
Wine: 2004, barbera d'alba, Veglio
Where: home, Amsterdam
With whom: my family
Whatelse: the first time in ages I cooked dinner and it wasn't bad at all, though the parmezan should have been left out of the risotto

When: January 12, 2006
What: pasta bolognese a la lynda, with rucola
Wine: albert heijn huis wijn, rood, mild soepel (hmmm)
Where: home, Amsterdam
With whom: by myself
Whatelse: the best pasta in the world!!

When: January 11, 2006
What: cote de marcassin (wild pig) aux senteurs hivernales (some berries, unless they are referring to the odeur at the premises), pommes croquettes (mashed potatoes in a deepfried jacket)
Wine: 2004, Beaujolais, Saint-Amour, Domaine de la Cave Lamartine (not bad)
Where: brasserie Falstaff, Brussels, Belgium
With whom: by myself
Whatelse: nice art-noveau surroundings, attentative service, balanced price-quality

When: January 10, 2006
What: roast of lamb, pasta with courgette a la julienne, trompette de la mort and cepes-cream, spinach stir-fried with onion
Wine: 2004, Bourgogne Pinot Noir, Honore Lavigne
Where: home, Amsterdam
With whom: my family, Wil
Whatelse: good company and the second bottle of wine from AH wasn't as bad as expected

When: January 9, 2006
What: merquez, sellerie-gratin, rice
Wine: 2004, Bourgogne Pinot Noir, Honore Lavigne
Where: home, Amsterdam
With whom: my family
Whatelse: lovely rice, boiled in stock

When: January 8, 2006
What: lasagna, lamb raag, various Indian vegetables (all take out)
Wine: 2002, Shiraz Reserve, Lindemans
Where: home, Amsterdam
With whom: my wife
Whatelse: no one really felt like cooking today

When: January 7, 2006
What: sausage, French fries, grilled zuchini
Wine: 2002, Shiraz Reserve, Lindemans
Where: home, Amsterdam
With whom: my wife
Whatelse: a quick dinner, whilst watching the news on television

When: January 6, 2006
What: carrot-pumpkin soup, with a boiled egg
Wine: none
Where: home, Amsterdam
With whom: my family
Whatelse: home-made and one of the best soups on this planet!

When: January 5, 2006
What: schnitzel, mashed potatoes, spinage, peas
Wine: 2001, Beaujolais-Villages, Domaine des Nugues (again, very nice!)
Where: home, Amsterdam
With whom: my family
Whatelse: extremely tasty spinage, one of my wifes specialities

When: January 4, 2006
What: rib-eye, lots of onions and well-fried French
Wine: 2004, chardonnay sauvignon blanc pinot grigio, Everton (Browns Brothers) (ok)
Where: restaurant cafe Gent aan de Schinkel, Amsterdam
With whom: Andreas
Whatelse: one more step towards deevee

When: January 3, 2006
What: oxtail soup, wontons
Wine: 2001, Beaujolais-Villages, Domaine des Nugues (very nice!)
Where: home, Amsterdam
With whom: my family
Whatelse: excellent home made, from own stock, though I must admit the wontons were of, so I did have some pizza as well

When: January 2, 2006
What: oven-roasted chicken, French fries, Brussels-sprouts
Wine: 2004, Bourgogne Pinot-Noir, Bouchard Aine-Fils
Where: home, Amsterdam
With whom: my family
Whatelse: my wife's oven-roasted chicken is delicious!!