Welcome to Voedselgeschiedenis.nl (‘Food History.nl’).
This website offers a variety of easy-to-read stories about the foodways of the Netherlands in the past. Please click on one of the themes below to learn more about the diet and the historical ideas about food of the Dutch.
For whom?
Whether you’re a student, a journalist, or just plainly a food or history lover, you’ll hopefully find some inspiration and insight on this site.
Jon Verriet
Voedselgeschiedenis.nl is a website maintained by cultural historian Jon Verriet. In 2022, he received his PhD for a dissertation titled: Representing the Healthy Lifestyle: Contested Ideas about Nutrition and Physical Exercise in the Netherlands, 1940-2020. You can find out more about Jon through the menu at the top of the page.
A food history of the Netherlands
‘Foreign’ foods
