Our Favourite Fashion Brand Has Released A Cookbook

The worlds of fashion and food are increasingly intertwined: take event tablescapes, marketing imagery, or the trend of designers using fruit and vegetables as their modern muses as just a handful of examples. But now one of my favourite fashion brands has taken this merger one step further, as Róhe has just released a cookbook.

If you aren’t already familiar with the Dutch brand, let this be your sign to scroll through their website. With elevated everyday staples, timeless tailoring, and natural fibres crafted into forever pieces, it easily tops most fashion editors’ wishlists. But while the clothes may be chic, a cookbook welcomes us into the heart of the label in a much more intimate way, because food, I find, feels even more personal than fashion.

Inside the red-bound book, there are thirty classic Dutch recipes, reimagined for the modern day. “Over the past centuries, Dutch food culture has quietly evolved, shaped not by extravagance, but by the enduring connection between local soil, coastal waters, and the distant trade routes that brought new flavours to Dutch shores,” says the brand.

“Focusing on robust, local ingredients that have defined the Dutch table for generations, root vegetables, cold-hardy greens, fresh fish from the North Sea, these dishes speak to a tradition born from simplicity,” they add. To me, it sounds delicious, and it’s Róhe’s in-house chef, Hanneke, who has compiled each recipe inside this particularly sleek binder.

All of them reflect a culture (both of the country and the brand) that respects modesty, resourcefulness and natural resources. “We lived with the seasons. There was little waste and much attention. That way of eating, with respect for origin and space for true flavour, shaped me, not only as a person but also in how I cook, create, and connect through food,” says Hanneke. So, if you’re both a food and fashion lover, few buys are likely to feel more exciting.