Dutch cuisine is formed from the cooking traditions and practices of the Netherlands. The country's cuisine is shaped by its location on the fertile Rhine–Meuse–Scheldt delta on the European Plain bordering the North Sea, giving rise to fishing, farming, and overseas trade. Due to the availability of water and flat grassland, the Dutch diet contains many dairy products such as cheese and butter, and is relatively high in carbohydrates and fat.
Gouda cheese
How Hollandse Nieuwe is eaten
Still life with turkey pie, oysters, lemon and grapes by Pieter Claesz (1627).
In Westland region, greenhouse capital of the world, a million tons of tomatoes per year are grown on only 18 square kilometers of area, making it number one globally in efficiency.
Nutmeg is the seed, or the ground spice derived from that seed, of several tree species of the genus Myristica; fragrant nutmeg or true nutmeg is a dark-leaved evergreen tree cultivated for two spices derived from its fruit: nutmeg, from its seed, and mace, from the seed covering. It is also a commercial source of nutmeg essential oil and nutmeg butter. Indonesia is the main producer of nutmeg and mace, and the true nutmeg tree is native to its islands.
Nutmeg
Mace
Nutmeg tree (Myristica fragrans)
Nutmeg fruit