When I was a child I wanted to be a farmer merged with a fairy. Or something similar.
You could argue that I actually made it! In my life and in my work I dream vividly. I get most of my ideas in the shower where I keep a waterproof notepad to scribble down small illustrations and poems.
My children like to make scribbles interacting with my illustrations and write down shower assignments. Draw your face here as if you are garbage… give this lemon a name… write down the sound you make when you eat ice cream!
To play and to explore like a child – is there anything more exciting?
I didn’t have any substantial culinary upbringing when growing up. We mainly ate typical Dutch food and I do remember wondering if there was anything else in the world. Still, it took years before I really discovered the world’s abundance in flavour.
I enjoyed cooking simple things, but I loved serving food. Just observing who would pick what kind of food intrigued me. It wasn’t just the food itself that fascinated me…
… it was the act of eating!
