Scandinavian Cooking

The Swedish Meatball Bible

The Swedish Meatball Bible is a tribute to the legendary meal: small meatballs with mashed potatoes, creamy gravy, lingonberries and pickled cucumber. Some claim that it was the Swedish warrior king, Karl the 12th, who brought the concept of meatballs to Sweden from the battlefields of Turkey. Others say that the global success has more to do …

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Swedish Cakes

Cake is the centerpiece of every birthday, every wedding, and every celebration. It can also bring enjoyment to an ordinary day, as a well-earned slice of delicious indulgence. Here are fifty-eight spectacular cakes from master confectioner and baker Jan Hedh, whose truly artistic touch with desserts is a pleasure to behold. He takes you into his …

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Secrets of Scandinavian Cooking

We’ve long looked south for our food inspiration – but what about our neighbours to the north? We share a climate, a history (those Vikings got everywhere) and a love of cool, from sleek Nordic design to clear frosty November mornings. We also share our love of the outdoors – bracing autumn days, bright spring mornings, lazy summers …

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Cook: Natural Flavours from a Nordic Kitchen

Taking inspiration from wild and seasonal ingredients, this book shows the reader how to make a selection of Nordic favorite recipes. Beautifully photographed and designed, this book will take you on a culinary adventure into the pure heart of Nordic cooking.Mikkel Karstad is the current head chef at Christianborg, the Danish Parliament and food writer and former gastronomic …

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Scandinavian Christmas: Essays and Stories, Recipes and Traditions

This book, a revision of Scandinavian Christmas, out of print for over a decade, features Christmas scenes from Washington to Pennsylvania. Essays and stories by Scandinavian writers about Christmas are included. There are stories by Selma Lagerlöf, facts about St. Lucia traditions for Swedish Americans, and information about Norwegian and Danish customs. Norwegian immigrant Elizabeth Koren …

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Swedish Breads and Pastries

Jan Hedh believes that everyone should have the opportunity to enjoy freshly baked bread for breakfast, lunch, and dinner! More than just a collection of recipes, this guide contains vivid, full-color photographs of step-by-step methods to knead, roll, braid, cut, and bake dough into a variety of shapes and styles. From dinner rolls and pudding to baguettes and …

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Swedish Cookies, Tarts, and Pies

For forty-five years, renowned pastry chef Jan Hedh has been baking cookies, cakes, tarts, and pies. Over a lifetime immersed in the dessert traditions of his native Sweden, he has refined the art of baking to produce flawless recipes like the ones collected here. This sumptuous compendium features 277 kinds of baked goods, including recipes for classic Swedish …

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