Scandinavian Gatherings

Informationen zum Autor MELISSA BAHEN is the author of the popular website Lulu the Baker, where she focuses on fresh recipes and modern country life. She and her work have been featured in online and print publications like Food52 , Better Homes & Gardens, Sweet Paul, and Every Day with Rachael Ray. She has also created recipes, photos, and digital content for brands like Minted, Albertsons, and King Arthur Flour. She lives in the rolling hills of western Oregon with her husband and four children, a small flock of chickens, and a very naughty dog. She is also the author of Farmhouse Weekends. Klappentext Enjoy holidays the Scandinavian way with seasonal, family-friendly food and crafts! Whether you're a fan of whimsical modern Scandinavian style or have Scandinavian heritage yourself, you'll love this hygge handbook for creating cozy celebrations with family and friends. Organized around seasonal festivities including Lucia Day and Christmas Eve Dinner, as well as everyday gatherings like Afternoon Fika, this book includes simple recipes, handmade decorations, and tips for entertaining. Here, the creator of the popular website Lulu The Baker offers up traditional recipes using easy-to-find ingredients. Warm up your home with sweet treats such as Lucia Buns, Mom's Maple Pecan Rings, and Hot Chocolate with Homemade Cardamom Marshmallows, as well as savory favorites such as Swedish Meatballs with Gravy and Poached Salmon with Dill Sauce. Bring home the flavors and traditions of Norway, Sweden, Denmark, and Finlanda region regularly reported as the happiest place on earth! A gorgeous coffee table book as well as a cookbook, it makes a wonderful gift. Gatherings include: Nordic Brunch Woodland Tea Party Midsummer Feast Afternoon Fika Summer Seafood Celebration Heritage Dinner Lucia Day Christmas Cookie Exchange Christmas Eve Supper Birthday Treats Leseprobe Introduction FOR AS LONG AS I C AN REMEMBER, I have loved to make things, both in the kitchen and out of it. I take after my mom in that respect; she has always been enormously creative, whether she was tole painting decorative plates when I was a child or carefully illustrating a church newsletter. Her talents extend into the kitchen as well. She and her mother, Nana, are both amazing cooks, and my family has always been very big on traditions, especially those that involve food. Growing up, we ate Sunday dinner together every week at the dining room table, either at our house or at Nana'sand we still have regular Sunday dinners together! Nana taught us early how to set a proper table, and we were excited when it was our turn to help because we got to select the dishes, the tablecloth, the centerpiece, and the candlesticks. My family loves getting together for holidays too, and our traditions are deeply ingrained in us. We eat the same foods and do the same activities on the same holidays every year, whether we are gathered together to celebrate at my parents' house or spread out across the country. Being surrounded by delicious food and comforting traditions when I was a child set me on a course early in life that has led me to write this book. When I was young, my cousin and I decided to start a catering company when we grew up, and we spent the summer mailing our favorite recipes to each other. In high school I started keeping a binder full of recipes that I had torn out of magazines. I still have it on my cookbook shelf. There's a little gold-star sticker next to each recipe that I tried and loved, and a few of the really memorable ones are still in regular rotation. In between college semesters one year, I was in charge of my family's dinner menu for the entire summer. I think my mom paid me fifty dollars for all that work! I still have the piece of scratch paper that I wrote menu ideas on. This book marries my longtime love of cooking and ...

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**Enjoy holidays the Scandinavian way with seasonal, family-friendly food and crafts! Whether you're a fan of whimsical modern Scandinavian style or have Scandinavian heritage yourself, you'll love this hygge handbook for creating cozy celebrations with family and friends.

** Organized around seasonal festivities including Lucia Day and Christmas Eve Dinner, as well as everyday gatherings like Afternoon Fika, this book includes simple recipes, handmade decorations, and tips for entertaining. Here, the creator of the popular website Lulu The Baker offers up traditional recipes using easy-to-find ingredients. Warm up your home with sweet treats such as Lucia Buns, Mom’s Maple Pecan Rings, and Hot Chocolate with Homemade Cardamom Marshmallows, as well as savory favorites such as Swedish Meatballs with Gravy and Poached Salmon with Dill Sauce. Bring home the flavors and traditions of Norway, Sweden, Denmark, and Finland–a region regularly reported as the happiest place on earth! A gorgeous coffee table book as well as a cookbook, it makes a wonderful gift.

Gatherings include:
Nordic Brunch
Woodland Tea Party
Midsummer Feast
Afternoon Fika
Summer Seafood Celebration
Heritage Dinner
Lucia Day
Christmas Cookie Exchange
Christmas Eve Supper
Birthday Treats

Leseprobe
Introduction

FOR AS LONG AS I C AN REMEMBER, I have loved to make things, both in the kitchen and out of it. I take after my mom in that respect; she has always been enormously creative, whether she was tole painting decorative plates when I was a child or carefully illustrating a church newsletter. Her talents extend into the kitchen as well. She and her mother, Nana, are both amazing cooks, and my family has always been very big on traditions, especially those that involve food. Growing up, we ate Sunday dinner together every week at the dining room table, either at our house or at Nana’s—and we still have regular Sunday dinners together! Nana taught us early how to set a proper table, and we were excited when it was our turn to help because we got to select the dishes, the tablecloth, the centerpiece, and the candlesticks. My family loves getting together for holidays too, and our traditions are deeply ingrained in us. We eat the same foods and do the same activities on the same holidays every year, whether we are gathered together to celebrate at my parents’ house or spread out across the country. 
Being surrounded by delicious food and comforting traditions when I was a child set me on a course early in life that has led me to write this book. When I was young, my cousin and I decided to start a catering company when we grew up, and we spent the summer mailing our favorite recipes to each other. In high school I started keeping a binder full of recipes that I had torn out of magazines. I still have it on my cookbook shelf. There’s a little gold-star sticker next to each recipe that I tried and loved, and a few of the really memorable ones are still in regular rotation. In between college semesters one year, I was in charge of my family’s dinner menu for the entire summer. I think my mom paid me fifty dollars for all that work! I still have the piece of scratch paper that I wrote menu ideas on.
This book marries my longtime love of cooking and making with my beloved Norwegian heritage. My mom’s dad, Poppy, was born in 1929 to Axel and Asta Andresen, Norwegian immigrants who had settled in Utah’s Salt Lake Valley. Poppy spent his childhood speaking Norwegian and developing a love for pickled herring and open-faced sandwiches. While he didn’t pass on a love for pickled herring to his children and grandchildren, he did pass on a deep and abiding love for our Scandinavian heritage. 
Sadly, very few of the traditional Norwegian recipes my poppy grew up with were passed down to subsequent generations. One of the m…