The fall is the season to celebrate all the amazing Norwegian produce. This time of year, it's high season for apples, onions, beets, Jerusalem artichokes, potatoes, parsnips and rutabaga in Norway. With the cool climate, it is only natural that root vegetables and...
Today marks the start of Easter in Norway - Palm Sunday is always an exciting day, as Norwegians look forward to the week ahead when they trek to the mountains in search of snow, sun, skiing, and of course... great food! The Easter holiday is huge in Norway, and...
The beet is an old cultural plant that has been grown in Europe for over three thousand years but likely arrived in Scandinavia in the 15th of 16th century. Both the red beet and sugar beet stem from the beach beet, which grows wild along coastal Europe. Beets...
Had to reblog this beautiful post by Experience North Cape, in honor of the National Sami Day which is celebrated today, February 6th. The Sami people are our indigenous people who live across Norway, Sweden, Finland and Russia, and they have their own language and...
You'd be hard pressed to find a Norwegian who doesn't absolutely LOVE cinnamon. One could say 3 out of 4 pastry recipes in Norway includes this delightful spice (exaggerating here and there) , and kanelboller, or kanelsnurrer as some call them (in English we know...
January is a meager month in Norway, where it's typically so cold and dark nothing seems to ever be able to survive outside. This is when we have to turn to our pantry for food, and to the mason jars we worked at filling over the summer and autumn with all types of...
Hello my dear readers and a Happy New Year to you all! For the past couple of years I have been building this page around my Norwegian upbringing and background as a food professional, combining traditional recipes from my homeland with my interest in beverages and...
My aunt Gudrun was one of the best cooks I have ever known. She was widely known in my home town of Sykkylven for being an extremely knowledgeable and talented baker and homemaker, preserving traditions from our region of Norway that were hundreds of years old.
This is admittedly one of my absolute favorite cookies during the Christmas holiday; although not in the classic seven, I bet if you ask any family today in Norway you will get an acknowledgment and approving nod when mentioning “Brune Pinner”. These have been in families’ baking repertoire for quite some time in our country and are always a hit among the young and old. Chewy, crispy and moist all in one with a heavenly buttery taste with vanilla and cinnamon and a nice textural crunch from the chopped almonds they are topped with, this is a perfect accompaniment to your afternoon coffee.
Beer has always been an incredibly popular drink in Norway, and has an important role in our history and traditions. In a previous post on this blog I described how Norway used to punish those people who didn't brew their own beers by law, either by fining them or...
The fall is the season to celebrate all the amazing Norwegian produce. This time of year, it's high season for apples, onions, beets, Jerusalem artichokes, potatoes, parsnips and rutabaga in Norway. With the cool climate, it is only natural that root vegetables and...
Today marks the start of Easter in Norway - Palm Sunday is always an exciting day, as Norwegians look forward to the week ahead when they trek to the mountains in search of snow, sun, skiing, and of course... great food! The Easter holiday is huge in Norway, and...
The beet is an old cultural plant that has been grown in Europe for over three thousand years but likely arrived in Scandinavia in the 15th of 16th century. Both the red beet and sugar beet stem from the beach beet, which grows wild along coastal Europe. Beets...
Had to reblog this beautiful post by Experience North Cape, in honor of the National Sami Day which is celebrated today, February 6th. The Sami people are our indigenous people who live across Norway, Sweden, Finland and Russia, and they have their own language and...
You'd be hard pressed to find a Norwegian who doesn't absolutely LOVE cinnamon. One could say 3 out of 4 pastry recipes in Norway includes this delightful spice (exaggerating here and there) , and kanelboller, or kanelsnurrer as some call them (in English we know...
January is a meager month in Norway, where it's typically so cold and dark nothing seems to ever be able to survive outside. This is when we have to turn to our pantry for food, and to the mason jars we worked at filling over the summer and autumn with all types of...
Hello my dear readers and a Happy New Year to you all! For the past couple of years I have been building this page around my Norwegian upbringing and background as a food professional, combining traditional recipes from my homeland with my interest in beverages and...
My aunt Gudrun was one of the best cooks I have ever known. She was widely known in my home town of Sykkylven for being an extremely knowledgeable and talented baker and homemaker, preserving traditions from our region of Norway that were hundreds of years old.
This is admittedly one of my absolute favorite cookies during the Christmas holiday; although not in the classic seven, I bet if you ask any family today in Norway you will get an acknowledgment and approving nod when mentioning “Brune Pinner”. These have been in families’ baking repertoire for quite some time in our country and are always a hit among the young and old. Chewy, crispy and moist all in one with a heavenly buttery taste with vanilla and cinnamon and a nice textural crunch from the chopped almonds they are topped with, this is a perfect accompaniment to your afternoon coffee.
Beer has always been an incredibly popular drink in Norway, and has an important role in our history and traditions. In a previous post on this blog I described how Norway used to punish those people who didn't brew their own beers by law, either by fining them or...