E. M. Valk-Heijnsdijk

Elisabeth Martha Valk-Heijnsdijk (born Elisabeth Martha Heijnsdijk; 24 June 1867 – 7 March 1945), also known by her earlier married name Elisabeth van der Molen-Heijnsdijk, was a Dutch cookbook author and restaurateur. She was a prominent early advocate of vegetarianism in the Netherlands and played a key role in the development of vegetarian cuisine in the country. Valk-Heijnsdijk managed Pomona , in The Hague, one of the Netherlands' first vegetarian restaurants and authored several of its earliest vegetarian cookbooks, including De Vegetariërs Keuken ("The Vegetarian's Kitchen; 1896).