Feb 26, 2019 | Culture & History, Food
*This blog post is an updated version of a previous blog post about kringler from 2014 but with a new recipe. Who has heard of kringle? The kringle is a popular Scandinavian pastry here in the U.S. among those familiar with Nordic cuisine. Oftentimes referred to as...
Apr 2, 2018 | Culture & History, Food
I have to admit, fyrstekake was never my favorite Norwegian cake. The versions I grew up experiencing were always very dense, sometimes dry and most often too rich to even enjoy more than one bite. Perhaps this is why I’ve been hesitant to make it...
Dec 18, 2017 | Culture & History, Food
Have you ever wondered what exactly the origins of Christmas cookies are? And perhaps, even more specifically, the traditional Norwegian Christmas cookies? Many of the cookies we bake today weren’t even Christmas cookies originally. By the 19th century, ovens...
