Every week, van Boven comes up with a seasonal recipe for Volkskrant Magazine (the weekend magazine of Volkskrant Newspaper) and gives suggestions for doing something with the leftovers. The recipe is accompanied by a column and a photo of the dish that she cooks herself and photographs with her husband, photographer Oof Verschuren.
The years of collaboration between Volkskrant Newspaper and Yvette has resulted in many books, such as Home Made in the Oven by van Boven or the new one Van Bovens Leftovers (For now only in Dutch). Yvette always illustrates everything herself too.