Martine Wittop Koning

Martine Diederik Wittop Koning (1870–1963) was a Dutch nutrition expert and writer of cook books. She was born in Goch, Germany and died in Huizen, The Netherlands. She taught French as a young woman, but later started writing cook books and became a rather successful writer. Titles include Big vegetarian cook book (Dutch: Groot vegetarisch kookboek), The vegetarian dinner (Dutch:Het vegetarisch middagmaal), Vegetable salad recipes (Dutch: Rauwkost recepten), Our twelve o'clock lunch hour (Dutch:Ons twaalfuurtje), Food in children's homes (Dutch:Voeding in kindertehuizen) and In search of mushrooms (Dutch: Paddestoelen zoeken). She lived a long healthy life, spanning 93 years.