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July 11, 2011 | 13 Comments

Top ten Swedish foods I would miss

I recently had the opportunity to contribute a food-related article to http://www.thelocal.se/, which covers the Swedish news in English. My topic was ten Swedish foods I would miss if I moved. In general I tried to stick to things that would be difficult to get, or make, outside of Sweden with the exception of the kanelbullar […]

July 5, 2011 | 2 Comments

Fish soup with tomato and thyme

It’s been a bit of a weather rollercoaster in Malmö lately with some days feeling more like early fall than July. Yet another rainy day seemed to call for soup. Fisksoppa (fish soup) is common on menus in Sweden and I’ve ordered several tomato-based versions that are really lovely and I was anxious to try making one […]

July 1, 2011 | 1 Comment

Drumbar – pork knuckle

It is really unwise of me to write this post when I’m hungry because it is all I can do to keep myself from running out the door and getting to Drumbar as quickly as possible. Formerly known as Czech Point, Drumbar morphed into a Scottish Pub this past spring and wisely kept the to-die-for Pork Knuckle […]

June 24, 2011 | 3 Comments

Midsommar (midsummer)

Due to the near-death experience of my laptop, this post is much later than I had anticipated. But thanks to my husband it has been resurrected and I have access to the images just in time to post about Midsummer today. So…..in a country with long, dark winters, the summer solstice on June 21st is […]

June 17, 2011 | 5 Comments

Timberline Lodge Cookbook

Typically cookbook reviews are of the latest editions, but this recommendation is for a cookbook that has been around for nearly twenty-five years. I purchased my copy of The Timberline Lodge Cookbook when we stayed at Timberline Lodge in July of 2000 just after we got married. We were driving from Utah back to Oregon and decided to stop […]

June 13, 2011 | 9 Comments

Rye bread

I’m admittedly not much of a baker. For starters, I don’t like to touch flour. It’s a relief to me that white boards have replaced chalk boards in the world because flour gives me the same chills as chalk. I love watching gymnastics when the Olympics roll around, but every time the athletes go for that […]

June 9, 2011 | 4 Comments

Elderflower liqueur

We had such a long, cold, rainy stretch of spring and then last week it turned to summer overnight. I am still a bit in shock with the sudden change, but now June Is Bustin’ Out All Over and I am nearly dancing on the rooftops like the folks in Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Carousel “because […]

May 27, 2011 | 0 Comments

New potatoes

New potatoes are not unique to Sweden, but their appearance around the third week of May is a sign that summer is around the corner. For a country where winter can be as long as seven months at the northern point, anything that heralds summer is a pretty big deal.

May 26, 2011 | 6 Comments

Barnkammarboken, Den Silvriga – Children’s Music

With two small kids and an hour drive to my in-laws, I am incredibly appreciative of kid’s music that doesn’t push me to the brink of temporary insanity. After listening to it hundreds of times, Barnkammarboken, Den Silvriga (Nursery book, Silver) is still a CD I enjoy.

May 24, 2011 | 5 Comments

Gjetost on rye toast with strawberry redcurrant jam

I can’t say with certainty whether eating jam and cheese with bread is typically European, but I know I didn’t grow up with this combination in the United States. Most of my European friends (my husband included) have cringed at the idea of peanut butter and jelly, and I in turn, cringed at their idea […]

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