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The Perfect Summer Tomato Curry
One of the most magical cuisines in the world to me is Indian cuisine. Besides the obvious complexity of all the spices used, I’m also coming to it from the view of a wine taster; always eager to explore the different levels of sweetness, tanginess, savory and sweet,...
Bringing Back an Almost Extinct Classic: The Fruit Soup (Fruktsuppe)
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 according to...
Havrekjeks – Norwegian grandmothers’ favorite cookie
It's the 4th Sunday in advent today, as well as my birthday, so I figured I would go out with a big bang ending my Christmas preparation baking with some of my favorite cookies (next to kransekakestenger). These cookies are so simple, yet just so heavenly, and for...
Saffron Rolls To Shine a Light On Santa Lucia Day
Today , December 13th, we celebrate Santa Lucia Day in Scandinavia. This tradition stems from a combination of the celebration of Saint Lucia and the Norse "lusse" celebration. There are many theories behind why we celebrate this day, I will shine a light (no pun...
Julebrød; a "must bake" Norwegian Christmas Bread
I wanted to rush to the computer straight after I baked my veganized version of "julebrød" yesterday (also called "Julekake" meaning Christmas cake) because I simply couldn't wait to tell you all how fluffy, juicy and flavorful this bread turned out!! This is, if I...
And finally, add two pounds of pepper….
While I wouldn't suggest you do this when making the popular Norwegian Christmas cookies "pepperkaker", the Norwegian word for "ginger bread cookies", there is a famous "pepperkake" song by famous Norwegian playwright and children song writer Torbjørn Egner that goes...
The Only Food You’ll Be Happy Is Burnt
As a Norwegian having lived in NY for 20 years, I have perhaps become more American in many ways than Norwegian with the times. But there is a time of year where I am definitely still 100% Norwegian and when homesickness strikes hard, and that is around Christmas....
An Edible Holiday Wreath To Celebrate Advent
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...
Are you Comfortable Being Uncomfortable?
A lot of things have happened in my life since the last time I blogged. The biggest news is that I finally took a leap of faith and gave notice at my day job in retail job as a wine buyer two weeks ago, and will be diving into entrepreneurship full time to pursue my...
Fall is for baking, preferably with cinnamon
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...
Celebrating Back To School With Norwegian "Skoleboller"
The below is a repurposed text from a previous blog post I published back in January of 2013. I have since turned vegan, and wanted to make a version of the amazing and popular sweet rolls Norwegians are known for, called skolebrød or skoleboller, depending on where...
Simple Yet So Delicious: Norway’s Wildly Popular Raisin Buns
As we often hear, simple foods is often best, and that is certainly true when it goes for Norway's classic "rosinbolle". This fluffy, slightly sweet cardamom scented bun filled with plump raisins are the favorites of many. Millions of these are being devoured yearly...
Bringing Back an Almost Extinct Classic: The Fruit Soup (Fruktsuppe)
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 according to...
Havrekjeks – Norwegian grandmothers’ favorite cookie
It's the 4th Sunday in advent today, as well as my birthday, so I figured I would go out with a big bang ending my Christmas preparation baking with some of my favorite cookies (next to kransekakestenger). These cookies are so simple, yet just so heavenly, and for...
Saffron Rolls To Shine a Light On Santa Lucia Day
Today , December 13th, we celebrate Santa Lucia Day in Scandinavia. This tradition stems from a combination of the celebration of Saint Lucia and the Norse "lusse" celebration. There are many theories behind why we celebrate this day, I will shine a light (no pun...
Julebrød; a "must bake" Norwegian Christmas Bread
I wanted to rush to the computer straight after I baked my veganized version of "julebrød" yesterday (also called "Julekake" meaning Christmas cake) because I simply couldn't wait to tell you all how fluffy, juicy and flavorful this bread turned out!! This is, if I...
And finally, add two pounds of pepper….
While I wouldn't suggest you do this when making the popular Norwegian Christmas cookies "pepperkaker", the Norwegian word for "ginger bread cookies", there is a famous "pepperkake" song by famous Norwegian playwright and children song writer Torbjørn Egner that goes...
The Only Food You’ll Be Happy Is Burnt
As a Norwegian having lived in NY for 20 years, I have perhaps become more American in many ways than Norwegian with the times. But there is a time of year where I am definitely still 100% Norwegian and when homesickness strikes hard, and that is around Christmas....
An Edible Holiday Wreath To Celebrate Advent
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...
Are you Comfortable Being Uncomfortable?
A lot of things have happened in my life since the last time I blogged. The biggest news is that I finally took a leap of faith and gave notice at my day job in retail job as a wine buyer two weeks ago, and will be diving into entrepreneurship full time to pursue my...
Fall is for baking, preferably with cinnamon
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...