Their history dates back to the 17th century and is linked to the Dutch East India Company, which held a monopoly on importing spices from Asia for decades. This made cinnamon, cloves, or nutmeg ...

or Dutch windmill cookies, these traditional biscuits are eaten in the Netherlands to celebrate St Nicholas' Feast. Part of the culinary secret lies in the special blend of spices made up of ...

English settlers however had control of one of the spice islands called Run, and the Dutch wanted it. After a series of wars between the two powers, the Treaty of Breda was signed in 1667 ...