Femke Vandevelde

September, well stirred. . I A reason to unfollow or the ultimate bandshirt? II Mijn fiets is kapot, but the anarchy is… Read more

First night of #FIRECAT2026, and straight into dessert: Miseria e Nobiltà. Empty tortellini. Burnt mascarpone. Château… Read more

@massimobottura opens Firecat Volume 4. @alexabottura follows. #FindYourFire #Firecat2026 And about that coming back,… Read more

Sharing plates: you either love it or learn to make the best of it. Actor @willem_de_schryver, guest curator for De Morgen’s… Read more

The higher up the culinary ladder you go, the trickier the word “leftovers” becomes. In many fine-dining restaurants, you eat… Read more

I don’t believe in unconditional love.
Except, apparently, when it comes to Negronis.
For #NegroniWeek, a few lessons learnt… Read more

Bumping into Italian food is easy. Finding the places you’d confidently take an Italian friend to, and now we’re talking -… Read more

Fine dining is dead. Now what? A week ago, @bruno_verjus strategically announced that Table would be closing at the end of… Read more

In 2024, I asked six seasoned barflies for @demorgen to toast the bars that have become their second homes - the places they… Read more

@bruno_verjus has left (the) Table. Well, not quite yet. 
The chef and poet behind Table in Paris (ranked #8 in… Read more

Restaurants have a language of their own. Sometimes, it is beautifully precise, carrying centuries of cultural history. Other… Read more

If the queue is long, you’re probably in the right place. Bakers should know. For the last chapter of my summer series for… Read more