traditional Norwegian food

My recipe e-book is here!

Nov 13, 2017 | Food

I’m so thrilled to announce that my first official recipe e-book, “A Collection of Recipes from Arctic Grub” is now online and available for sale! This is a collection of more than 60 of my favorite Norwegian recipes from my blog, in addition to some...

Celebrate Apple Season With This Simple Norwegian Apple Cake

Oct 17, 2017 | Culture & History, Food

I’ve written about eplekake, Norwegian apple cake, a couple of times before on the blog, but it’s one I could write about multiple times over. There are endless variations, such as a vegan version filled with marzipan which I shared here, and before I...

The magic of Norwegian plums + a cake you will want to make!

Sep 28, 2017 | Culture & History, Food

There are few fruits as exquisite as Norwegian plums. They taste far better than any imported plums, yet the season in Norway is super short with availability during the month of August and September only. Norway has planted plums since the 18th century (possibly...

Carrot “lox” – a healthier alternative to smoked salmon

Apr 17, 2017 | Food

When I decide to start my blog several years back, it stemmed from a desire to spread the word about Scandinavian, more specifically Norwegian, food and share with my readers that yes, we do eat foods beyond Swedish meatballs and smoked salmon. Of course the latter...

Bringing Back an Almost Extinct Classic: The Fruit Soup (Fruktsuppe)

Jan 22, 2016 | Culture & History

Fruktsuppe, sometimes labeled as “Grandma’s favorite dessert” is hard to come by on a menu in Norway today, the tradition seem to have slowly faded away. Along with prune porridge, fruit soup is considered a dying dish in Norwegian cuisine. But...

Celebrating Norwegian Easter With an Orange Cake

Apr 2, 2015 | Culture & History

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,...