A Norwegian Food Blog
Less than a week until Easter in Norway means a lot of cake eating (and recipe testing) has been going on around here! Easter is such a wonderful time for celebrating renewal and fresh starts in Norway, and enjoying all things orange flavored. I found this lovely cake recipe on ...
Lefse is to the Norwegian food tradition what corn tortillas are to Mexican cuisine or what cornbread is to American soul food. Part food delivery vessel, part meal accompaniment - while being substantive enough to be a meal on its own. There are countless recipes for lefse out ...
Komle goes by many regional names: klubber, raspeboller, or simply boller. They are slightly salty dumplings, served warm, and made with potatoes—Norway’s national vegetable. You will want to use large starchy potatoes instead of the small waxy varieties for this recipe.I ...
Norwegian kanelboller are a staple in every bakery and cafe in Norway. They are essentially a sweetened, cardamon scented dough, leavened with yeast and baked with a cinnamon sugar filling.Boller come in several varieties, including ones with raisins, chocolate or cinnamon ...
Norway is a located in northern Europe between Sweden and the North Sea. As of January 2013, the population of Norway reached 5 million inhabitants. Norway is known the world over for its fjords, rugged terrain and unspoiled natural landscape. Oslo is the capital of Norway with ...
Easter in Norway means skiing, mandarins (or oranges) and of course, eating loads of Kvikk Lunsj candy bars. Kvikk Lunsj if you remember are the Norwegian version of Kit Kat candy bars and are eaten en masse around Easter time. Kvikk Lunsj was created in 1937 and has been in ...
Is it just me, or does it seem like time flies by during the week? My weekends tend to pass by with ease but weekdays in my calendar feel like their cramped, overworked cousins. Balance is a word we expats here a lot about here in Norway, but honestly, when time is short and my ...
Norway’s biggest Syttende Mai (May 17th – Norway’s Constitution Day) celebration is just around the corner and I simply cannot wait to see everyone out in their bunads enjoying what it means to be Norwegian, 200 years after the constitution was signed in Eidsvoll, ...
Norwegian coconut macaroons or kokosmakroner are a popular easy to prepare a Norwegian Christmas cookie. I love this recipe because most of the ingredients are items I keep stocked in my pantry year round, so whipping up a batch doesn't usually require an extra trip to the ...
Check out my latest article in Norwegian American Weekly (the oldest Norwegian newspaper in the U.S.).FYI - This article originally appeared in the March 14, 2014 issue of the Norwegian American Weekly. To subscribe to NAW, visit them online or call them at +1 (800) 305-0271. ...
What’s up with all of the boiled potatoes? One thing you can always count on eating in Norway no matter where you live is boiled potatoes. Not boiled and something elsed-just boiled in slightly salted water and served. I’m not a food anthropologist but I’ve been told that boiled ...
Although this is not food related, I just had to share this super cool video from Eirik Evjen, a Norwegian photographer. Watch and see how he captures Oslo, through thousands of photos.Tiny Capital from Eirik Evjen on Vimeo. More from Eirik on creating the ...
