During the pandemic a couple of months back, I took a break from my usual job as an essential worker in the social services sector, and dove into my Swedish heritage. Of course, that really means ...
Minnesota-born Beatrice Ojakangas has been dubbed the “baker laureate” of the nation with some 26 cookbooks to her credit. The Duluth resident specializes in baking and Scandinavian cooking. Ojakangas ...
For me, Easter doesn’t bring to mind the sweet richness of chocolate bunnies or the searing burn of vinegar from egg-dyeing. Easter means the haunting scent of cardamom wafting up from my ...
This collection of Swedish recipes spans the calendar, from saffron-scented tea cakes for Saint Lucia's Day to dill-flecked spinach soup and crisp quick-pickled cucumbers perfect for a Midsummer ...
A packed lunch is an important part of the Scandinavian food tradition. A packed lunch is an important part of the Scandinavian food tradition and is taken just as seriously as dinner. In this episode ...
Commonly eaten on Christmas morning, Swedish cardamom bread is a rich and aromatic sweet bread made with butter, egg, milk and cardamom, of course. To meet the demand around the holidays, Ralf and Ben ...
A few weeks ago, we asked readers if they had a recipe for a Swedish rye bread from an old Austin bakery called Navarro’s, and though no one had any information about that particular recipe, Jim ...
Joyce Sieben’s home sits in an average north Bothell cul-de-sac. But inside, the furnishings, light and prints of Swedish artist Carl Larrson paintings makes one sense this is a Scandinavian home. And ...
Every Christmas, the scent of Vörtbröd fills the kitchen - warm spices, dark syrup, and soft bread fresh from the oven. Watch ...
If there is any positive I can think of that’s come out of the last couple years, it is that people are more interested in bread baking. My granddaughter has been making sourdough bread because she ...