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Elderflower Cordial

Elderflower Cordial

Elderflowers are some of the first flowers you can harvest in the spring in Norway. The season is quite short, but typically you will find them in late May through June. They grow on trees and produce beautiful white flowers with a gorgeous floral scent. There are so...

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Homemade Christmas Aquavit

Homemade Christmas Aquavit

Today is my birthday so I started my day with a shot of aquavit. Ok, Iโ€™m only partly kidding, as I needed to taste the homemade aquavit Iโ€™ve been brewing for the past week, to see if it was fit to be bottled. And Iโ€™m happy that today it was just perfect! Iโ€™ve been a...

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October Means Pumpkins!

October Means Pumpkins!

After living in the United States for three decades, I have finally learned to appreciate the pumpkin. I love carving them out for Halloween and to see everybody's decoration with these glorious vegetables around my neighborhood and around the state of New York, but...

read more
Norwegian Matpakkeruter

Norwegian Matpakkeruter

Todayโ€™s recipe is not mine but one that was created by pastry chef Elin Nilsen of krem.no who is an amazing Norwegian baker and food blogger. I tried her recipe out recently as I was researching more modern Norwegian recipes for matpakke, a Norwegian word for packed...

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Gahkko – A Sami Bread Recipe

Gahkko – A Sami Bread Recipe

Gahkko or gรกhkku is a traditional thick and soft flatbread, reminiscent of Norwegian polarbrรธd and also often goes by the name klappekake. The gรกhkku dough is flavored with anise or fennel seeds and sweetened with a little syrup. Festive breads were often flavored as...

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Vegan Bidos

Vegan Bidos

February 6th we celebrate the Sรกmi National Day in Norway. The Samรญ people are the indigenous people of Norway, Sweden, Finland and parts of Russia (the Kola Peninsula). Norway is home to about half of the total Sami population, approximately 40,000 people. ...

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Lomper – the tortillas of Norway

Lomper – the tortillas of Norway

Being Norwegian, I am not lacking in ideas of what to do with potatoes. As Iโ€™ve mentioned before in my previous posts, where would Norway be without potatoes? We seem to eat it with practically every meal, as this is an easy crop to grow in a  cold weather...

read more
A Norwegian Grandmother’s Favorite Dessert

A Norwegian Grandmother’s Favorite Dessert

A big reason why I started this blog, was to research and share information, not just Norwegian recipes but their origins, the history of our food, and more importantly, whyย certain recipes came about. Today's dish is so old school I suspect younger people in Norway...

read more
Elderflower Cordial

Elderflower Cordial

Elderflowers are some of the first flowers you can harvest in the spring in Norway. The season is quite short, but typically you will find them in late May through June. They grow on trees and produce beautiful white flowers with a gorgeous floral scent. There are so...

read more
Homemade Christmas Aquavit

Homemade Christmas Aquavit

Today is my birthday so I started my day with a shot of aquavit. Ok, Iโ€™m only partly kidding, as I needed to taste the homemade aquavit Iโ€™ve been brewing for the past week, to see if it was fit to be bottled. And Iโ€™m happy that today it was just perfect! Iโ€™ve been a...

read more
October Means Pumpkins!

October Means Pumpkins!

After living in the United States for three decades, I have finally learned to appreciate the pumpkin. I love carving them out for Halloween and to see everybody's decoration with these glorious vegetables around my neighborhood and around the state of New York, but...

read more
Norwegian Matpakkeruter

Norwegian Matpakkeruter

Todayโ€™s recipe is not mine but one that was created by pastry chef Elin Nilsen of krem.no who is an amazing Norwegian baker and food blogger. I tried her recipe out recently as I was researching more modern Norwegian recipes for matpakke, a Norwegian word for packed...

read more
Gahkko – A Sami Bread Recipe

Gahkko – A Sami Bread Recipe

Gahkko or gรกhkku is a traditional thick and soft flatbread, reminiscent of Norwegian polarbrรธd and also often goes by the name klappekake. The gรกhkku dough is flavored with anise or fennel seeds and sweetened with a little syrup. Festive breads were often flavored as...

read more
Vegan Bidos

Vegan Bidos

February 6th we celebrate the Sรกmi National Day in Norway. The Samรญ people are the indigenous people of Norway, Sweden, Finland and parts of Russia (the Kola Peninsula). Norway is home to about half of the total Sami population, approximately 40,000 people. ...

read more
Lomper – the tortillas of Norway

Lomper – the tortillas of Norway

Being Norwegian, I am not lacking in ideas of what to do with potatoes. As Iโ€™ve mentioned before in my previous posts, where would Norway be without potatoes? We seem to eat it with practically every meal, as this is an easy crop to grow in a  cold weather...

read more
A Norwegian Grandmother’s Favorite Dessert

A Norwegian Grandmother’s Favorite Dessert

A big reason why I started this blog, was to research and share information, not just Norwegian recipes but their origins, the history of our food, and more importantly, whyย certain recipes came about. Today's dish is so old school I suspect younger people in Norway...

read more

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