I believe everybody can become a creative cook. I'm the living proof of it. I was the most picky eater as a teenager, but taught myself how to cook and eat everything. And that's what I can help you with too! Come play in the kitchen with me! * creative chef who loves to improvise* seasoned cooking instructor who considers the kitchen to be her playground* recipe developer and cookbook proofreader* vegetable lover who considers animal protein as a condiment * expert in both metric and imperial cooking measurements* food writer interested in interviewing chefs and food producers, explaining cooking techniques and other fun to read stories about cooking and our foodNow offering online private cooking classes for team building or celebrations! Have a peek at: www.creativecookco.com

For Big City Chefs I teach cooking classes and cooking demos at all kinds of locations, either full demo or with participation of the guests.

For one of the largest publishers in the Dutch language, which is based in Belgium, I proofread and edit their cookbooks.

SleepScore Labs hired me again, this time to perform an in-home user experience study with participants using the new SleepScore app. Their survey answers provided useful feedback. I loved the challenge of using my skills as a sociological researcher to study people's experiences with an app and how my study findings were directly of use in finalizing the app.* set up in-house UX study* analyzed data and reported to the management

I was hired by SleepScore Labs to help set up the Research Department.* developed a framework for performing validation/test studies* created planning and timeline tracking forms* oversaw a few validation studies* hired and trained new researchers

For Campbell Adult and Community Education I developed and taught a diverse, fun and educational program of cooking classes. With the students I explored not only various regional cuisines and countries, but I also offered exciting new kinds of subjects like Sensational Salads and Viva la Vega to show what's possible with vegetables, for instance.

At the culinary studio Savory Kitchen we offered customers an unique cooking and wine pairing adventure, for both companies and private parties. As the Lead Culinary Instructor it was my responsibility not only to entertain and educate our guests, but also to make sure they experienced the best team building event, family celebration or cooking class possible. * Trained new colleagues. * Updated and maintained inventory system.

The name of my Dutch company was "eet dit"​, which means "eat this"​ and phonetically resembles how my first name Edith is pronounced in Dutch. I wrote food stories, recipe and proofread the latter (in Dutch). Next to that, I developed my own cooking course, which was all about understanding what's happening in the pots and pans. Food writerI’m a food writer, with a huge knowledge of ingredients and cooking techniques. I write fun, easy to read stories and always with some little extra information about cooking and eating. Amongst others, I write for magazines like Home of Cooking and Bouillon Magazine. Recipe writerWhen you love to cook, you also love to make up new recipes. At least I do. I like it to be simple, but love to give each recipe a little twist. Just like I did in the little cook book Sorry, with 7 recipes to say sorry (for Snor Publishers - in Dutch and English - see below as well). Proofreader recipes I make sure that the readers get the needed directions how to use all the ingredients, and - sassy as I can be - I also rewrite culinary errors or cooking myths when I see them. As a proofreader I work(ed) for various publishers and text agencies. Examples of cookbooks I worked on are: Argentinisima (by Carola Verschoor), Appeltaart (Apple Pie, by Janneke Philippi), Aan tafel (a coddle of various cook books by Cyril Lignac) and Handboek Inmaken & Bewaren (Handbook for pickling and preservation).Cooking teacher "Cooking techniques explained"Although I believe cooking doesn’t have to be regarded as rocket science, I strongly feel that knowledge of the basic techniques do make you a better cook. That’s why incorporated a lot of cooking experiments in my cooking classes for inquisitive home cooks, to find out what’s the best way to cook a dish.Although I live in California now, I am still available as a food and recipe writer, editor or proof-reader in Dutch. Just sent me a message!

For magazine De Uitstraling I interviewed my villagers about their life and passions to write a pithy but jaunty story about them.

After two intensive courses in both traditional and 'natural' bee keeping I kept several bee hives. My move to California made me give them away.

In the spring of 2011 I became an active member of Slow Food, first as a member of the organizing committee, since the summer of 2013 as the Secretary of this local department.

Koken.blog.nl is one of the oldest food blogs of the Netherlands. I started and maintained this blog for over 6 years. In the fall of 2012 I expended the team with fresh new food bloggers. We blogged about recipes, cooking skills, news, cook books, culinary events, we interviewed chefs and producers, and wrote about everything else related to cooking and eating.

At Tio University for Applied Sciences in hospitality and tourism I taught two courses, combining my two fields of knowledge in one job: - As a culinary teacher I taught students all the basics in cooking (both theoretically as practical) that they needed to know as coming hotel managers. - As a teacher in methods and statistics of social sciences I showed my students how much fun it is to do research.

At the Netherlands Institute for Social Research I was leading a large survey amongst the four biggest refugee groups in our country. The study was a repetition of a similar research on Afghan, Iraqi, Iranian and Somalian refugees from 2003, as well as an extension to a new study on Chinese and Polish (economic) migrants. I was editor-in-chief of the publication (in Dutch) on the study of the refugees, for which both my colleagues at SCP as external guest writers wrote chapters on their field of expertise.

Designed and conducted a large survey study on the Dutch pension system. Repeated study on young adults in Rotterdam of Dutch, Turkish and Moroccan decent to gain insights in their social-economic position, beliefs, faith and hopes.

I started my career as a research assistant, mainly cleaning, combining and preparing large data sets for the senior researchers at the department.I grew into the role of scientific researcher and collaborated on various social demographic projects, like international comparison studies on women's age of childbirth and childlessness, and helped conducting a large study amongst Jews in the Netherlands.