Wina Born
Encyclopedia
Wina Born-Meijer was a Dutch
journalist. She is often named as de moeder van de Nederlandse gastronomie (English: The mother of the Dutch gastronomy). She has written about a hundred cooking books and countless articles in magazines, like Margriet and Avenue
.
gastronomy and wine were virtually unknown in the Netherlands. Due to her weekly recipe-column in the magazine Margriet, with Libelle one of the major women magazines in the Netherlands, Born gained notoriety. She could also broaden the culinary horizon of the ordinary housewife, the main readers of the magazin.
In a later stage Wina Born started writing articles about foreign kitchen styles and producing restaurant-reviews.
Between 1962 and 2000, Born wrote and translated more than a hundred books about wine and cooking. She also wrote articles for several newspapers, like Het Parool
, and magazines.
For the "Stichting voor Academische reizen" she led yearly wine- and culinary trips to many different countries. in the period 1974-19974 she visited, amongst others, Turkey
, Romania
, Hungary
and Bulgaria
.
In 1995 Wina Born, at to her 75th birthday, was honoured with the launch of the "Wina Born-prijs". The price is given to living people, who, in the spirit of Wina Born, made gastronomy
more accessible for the broad public.
Originally the price was handed out by the Dutch "Stichting Vakopleiding Horeca" but in 2008 the "Netwerk in Gastronomie en Gastvrijheid" took over.
Netherlands
The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...
journalist. She is often named as de moeder van de Nederlandse gastronomie (English: The mother of the Dutch gastronomy). She has written about a hundred cooking books and countless articles in magazines, like Margriet and Avenue
Avenue (magazine)
Avenue is a former Dutch glossy monthly magazine. In its original form it was established in 1965 and shut down in 1995. In 2001 publisher VNU restarted the magazine. It survived only four editions....
.
Work
In 1949, Wina Born published her first articles in the newly founded monthly Wijn (English: Wine). In the sober years after the Second World WarWorld War II
World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
gastronomy and wine were virtually unknown in the Netherlands. Due to her weekly recipe-column in the magazine Margriet, with Libelle one of the major women magazines in the Netherlands, Born gained notoriety. She could also broaden the culinary horizon of the ordinary housewife, the main readers of the magazin.
In a later stage Wina Born started writing articles about foreign kitchen styles and producing restaurant-reviews.
Between 1962 and 2000, Born wrote and translated more than a hundred books about wine and cooking. She also wrote articles for several newspapers, like Het Parool
Het Parool
Het Parool is an Amsterdam-based daily newspaper. It was founded as a resistance paper during World War II by Frans Van Heuven Goedhart and Jaap Nunes Vaz...
, and magazines.
For the "Stichting voor Academische reizen" she led yearly wine- and culinary trips to many different countries. in the period 1974-19974 she visited, amongst others, Turkey
Turkey
Turkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country located in Western Asia and in East Thrace in Southeastern Europe...
, Romania
Romania
Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeastern Europe, on the Lower Danube, within and outside the Carpathian arch, bordering on the Black Sea...
, Hungary
Hungary
Hungary , officially the Republic of Hungary , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is situated in the Carpathian Basin and is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine and Romania to the east, Serbia and Croatia to the south, Slovenia to the southwest and Austria to the west. The...
and Bulgaria
Bulgaria
Bulgaria , officially the Republic of Bulgaria , is a parliamentary democracy within a unitary constitutional republic in Southeast Europe. The country borders Romania to the north, Serbia and Macedonia to the west, Greece and Turkey to the south, as well as the Black Sea to the east...
.
Influence
In her early years as a journalist, "culinary journalism" was something new in the Netherlands. In the 1960s Wina Born became very influential as a culinary journalist. Through her writings she learned the ordinary man and woman to look beyond the classic Dutch kitchen style and look at foreign kitchens. She also taught them that eating out is a nice type of recreation and not necessarely expensive. Another effect was that cooks and chefs lost their anonymous place in the kitchen and became more well known or even celebrities.Honours
A selection of the honours Wina Born received:- 1968: Werumeus Buning-prijs for culinary journalism
- 1975: Chevalier dans l’Ordre du Mérite AgricoleMérite agricoleThe Ordre National du Mérite Agricole is an order of merit established in France on 7 July 1883 by Minister of Agriculture Jules Méline to reward services to agriculture...
- 1986: Knight in the Order of Orange-NassauOrder of Orange-NassauThe Order of Orange-Nassau is a military and civil order of the Netherlands which was created on 4 April 1892 by the Queen regent Emma of the Netherlands, acting on behalf of her under-age daughter Queen Wilhelmina. The Order is a chivalry order open to "everyone who have earned special merits for...
- 2008: Medaille D’Argent du Tourisme Français
- Unknown year: NCCK-ring by the Dutch society of head chefs
- Unknown year: Gastheerschapprijs by the "Société des Maîtres d’Hôtel Néerlandais"
In 1995 Wina Born, at to her 75th birthday, was honoured with the launch of the "Wina Born-prijs". The price is given to living people, who, in the spirit of Wina Born, made gastronomy
Gastronomy
Gastronomy is the art or science of food eating. Also, it can be defined as the study of food and culture, with a particular focus on gourmet cuisine...
more accessible for the broad public.
Originally the price was handed out by the Dutch "Stichting Vakopleiding Horeca" but in 2008 the "Netwerk in Gastronomie en Gastvrijheid" took over.
Selective bibliography (all Dutch)
- Koken met wijn (1962)
- Wijn na vijven (1965)
- Lekker koken met kruiden (1967)
- De brave gehaktbal (1967)
- De Franse keuken (1968)
- Het volkomen vleesboek (1968)
- 12 Maanden lekker eten (1969)
- Beroemde gerechten uit de wereldkeuken (1970)
- Het volkomen wijnboek (1972)
- Het volkomen kookboek (1976)
- Het nieuwe Margriet kookboek (1978)
- Cognac & Armagnac (1981)
- De keuken van Avenue: recepten, restaurants, koks (1985)
- De Fagels: een culinaire familie en hun favoriete recepten (1985)
- Het hemelse gerecht: Chinese recepten uit de keukens van de ‘Fine Eastern Restaurants’ in Nederland (1990)
- 25 Jaar Nederlandse restaurantgeschiedenis (1992)
- Culinaire bijbel: eten en drinken in de bijbel (1998)
- Culinaire herinneringen (1999)