J. M. J. Catenius-van der Meijden

Johanna M. J. Catenius-van der Meijden (1860–1926) was a Dutch author best remembered for practical books about home life in the Dutch East Indies. Sources connected with her work show that she wrote not only cookbooks, but also guidance for women managing households in colonial Indonesia.

Her best-known titles include Nieuw volledig Oost-Indisch kookboek and Visser's Nederlandsch-Indisch Vegetarisch Kookboek, both centered on Indonesian and Indies-influenced cooking. The books were designed as working manuals rather than literary showpieces, with recipes and instructions arranged for everyday use.

She is also associated with Ons huis in Indië (1908), a handbook mentioned in later writing about advice books for Dutch women in the Indies. Taken together, her work suggests a writer interested in making domestic life more manageable, while also recording the food culture and social habits of her time.