Cocktail Sauce: Chef Geert Van Hecke Discovers the Cheapest and Best Recipe

Cocktail Sauce: Chef Geert Van Hecke Discovers the Cheapest and Best Recipe

© Wim Daneels Tasty sauces are part of a good barbecue. But also with a piece of cold salmon or our own North Sea shrimps. And then you end up with the classic: cocktail sauce. Star chef Geert Van Hecke from Zet’joe in Bruges tasted it for us eleven. And he established how the cheapest … Read more

Welcome to the rehab clinic for the rich in Hoogstraten: “What happens here, stays here” (Hoogstraten)

– © Jan Van Der Perre – Hidden deep in the woods of Hoogstraten is Den Rooy Clinics, a private clinic for people with addiction or burnout. The guest list of a maximum of twelve customers mainly consists of CEOs, well-known or wealthy Flemish and Dutch people, and children of wealthy parents. The keywords: individual … Read more

Women at the helm in a man’s world: founder Solange (91) and granddaughter Sophie (38) together lead Antwerp shipping company Ringoot (Schoten)

– Solange and Sophie, grandmother and granddaughter, together form the pivot of what is still officially called Rederij Ringoot en Zoon. “We are not going to make it ‘and Daughter’, but maybe we will remove that ‘and Son’ in the long run.” — © Jeroen Hanselaer – It is not the biggest player, but the … Read more

The lawyer who was convicted of Bart De Pauw, Jan Fabre and Bo Coolsaet: “If you really want to get to know a man, give him power”

– Christine Mussche, posing in the garden, say park, of the beautiful law firm. — © Inge Kinnet – “If you really want to get to know a man, give him power. And then you see how often things go wrong.” Over the past year, Christine Mussche (65) looked many such powerful men in the … Read more

Edegem city guide in the Big Apple breathes fresh air together with tourism: “I make Belgians feel a bit New Yorker” (Foreign)

– ©  AMR ALFIKY, rr – For almost two years, city guide Patrick van Rosendaal had to survive in New York without tourists, because the borders were closed due to the corona pandemic. He was close to having to return broke with his family, but since November he has been seeing the first tourists again. … Read more

War in Ukraine also felt in ‘Little Odessa’ in New York: “We prefer to call ourselves international than Russian”

– Two weeks ago there was a demonstration against the war in Brighton Beach. — ©  AFP – New York – Nowhere outside of Ukraine and Russia is the war more sensitive than in Brighton Beach, a suburb of New York. In the 1990s, the southernmost tip of Brooklyn was discredited by the Russian mafia, … Read more

Tom Waes and Frank Lammers: “Come and live with us, Frank”, …

– ©  Dirk Vertommen – They are sworn enemies, but this time Bob Lemmens and Ferry Bouman must work together to save their skins. Behold the premise of Undercover, season three. Between the actors Tom Waes (53) and Frank Lammers (49) there is mainly camaraderie. A conversation about drugs, corona and the differences between Flanders … Read more

Joffrey Anane, ‘Afro Belgian’ with a mission: “If I sometimes have the e… (Antwerp)

– Joffrey Anane: “If I can dance, I’ll be away for a while. It’s a bit like washing the dishes: that also works therapeutically for me.” — © Jeroen Hanselaer – Anyone who is young in Antwerp and who has already been outside, already knows him. Because Joffrey Anane (29) seems ubiquitous. As a dancer … Read more