The four weeks leading up to Christmas have always been my favorite, more so than the actual day of Christmas. The anticipation of the celebration to come with all its preparing; the baking, cooking, cleaning, decorating and holiday parties, is a very special time in...
Fall has become my favorite season of all the past few years. I've shared before that when living in Norway, it was my least favorite, as the summers were way too short, the temperature dropped dramatically and I knew the long, dark and cold winter was just around the...
The first day of May is traditionally a holiday in Norway, where most people take off and take a break from work (although one could argue that this year this is no different than any other Friday, as the trend in Norway is going towards a 4 day work week, with a lot...
There would simply be no Easter in Norway without oranges. What a peculiar food to mention in the same sentence as Norwegian cuisine, you might think. Not so. Here's a fun fact to kick off with: Norway is among the top importers of oranges, and during Easter,...
What would Norwegian food be without dill? The mere smell of dill sends me right back to the kitchen and garden of my home in Sykkylven, in north western Norway. There is something so pure, vibrant and satisfying about this fresh herb, I suppose one has to be...
I often get asked by people how I manage to write about Norwegian food now that I’ve gone vegan. After all, 90% of the classic dishes contain some type of animal product, whether it be meat, fish, eggs, or dairy. The beautiful thing is that it is quite possible to recreate almost any dish using plant-based foods…She inspired me to come up with a recipe for Norwegian “kjøttkaker”, or meatballs.
Norwegians are as passionate about their chocolate cakes as anybody else in the world, so it seems wrong not to include a recipe for one on Arctic Grub. I have been looking to make the perfect chocolate cake for quite some time now, and I finally have a recipe that I...
In my constant quest of veganizing the Norwegian cuisine, I'm updating an old, classic Norwegian recipe called "kålruletter" or "kålruller", which in the traditional way, are Savoy cabbage leaves stuffed with ground pork and baked in the oven, served with a white,...
It has been nearly two years ago since I posted about Norwegian pancakes on this blog, where I included a traditional recipe which included eggs and milk, you can read that post here. A lot has happened since, the most important thing has been my decision to adopt a...
Pepperkaker is what the Norwegians lovingly call gingerbread cookies. These are very common all over the country, not just as cookies served in people's homes, but they are often seen placed on tables in retail stores, kindergartens, nursery homes and other public...
The four weeks leading up to Christmas have always been my favorite, more so than the actual day of Christmas. The anticipation of the celebration to come with all its preparing; the baking, cooking, cleaning, decorating and holiday parties, is a very special time in...
Fall has become my favorite season of all the past few years. I've shared before that when living in Norway, it was my least favorite, as the summers were way too short, the temperature dropped dramatically and I knew the long, dark and cold winter was just around the...
The first day of May is traditionally a holiday in Norway, where most people take off and take a break from work (although one could argue that this year this is no different than any other Friday, as the trend in Norway is going towards a 4 day work week, with a lot...
There would simply be no Easter in Norway without oranges. What a peculiar food to mention in the same sentence as Norwegian cuisine, you might think. Not so. Here's a fun fact to kick off with: Norway is among the top importers of oranges, and during Easter,...
What would Norwegian food be without dill? The mere smell of dill sends me right back to the kitchen and garden of my home in Sykkylven, in north western Norway. There is something so pure, vibrant and satisfying about this fresh herb, I suppose one has to be...
I often get asked by people how I manage to write about Norwegian food now that I’ve gone vegan. After all, 90% of the classic dishes contain some type of animal product, whether it be meat, fish, eggs, or dairy. The beautiful thing is that it is quite possible to recreate almost any dish using plant-based foods…She inspired me to come up with a recipe for Norwegian “kjøttkaker”, or meatballs.
Norwegians are as passionate about their chocolate cakes as anybody else in the world, so it seems wrong not to include a recipe for one on Arctic Grub. I have been looking to make the perfect chocolate cake for quite some time now, and I finally have a recipe that I...
In my constant quest of veganizing the Norwegian cuisine, I'm updating an old, classic Norwegian recipe called "kålruletter" or "kålruller", which in the traditional way, are Savoy cabbage leaves stuffed with ground pork and baked in the oven, served with a white,...
It has been nearly two years ago since I posted about Norwegian pancakes on this blog, where I included a traditional recipe which included eggs and milk, you can read that post here. A lot has happened since, the most important thing has been my decision to adopt a...
Pepperkaker is what the Norwegians lovingly call gingerbread cookies. These are very common all over the country, not just as cookies served in people's homes, but they are often seen placed on tables in retail stores, kindergartens, nursery homes and other public...