I have serious issues with the Swede’s approach to summer. This morning, in the paper, they had a bunch of recipes under the theme Nordic Autumn. It’s not even September and in Sweden the papers are beginning to write about autumn. How depressing is that? Read more » >>
If I had to choose just one vegetable, at a push, it would be broad beans. Brussels sprouts come a tantalisingly close second and might even come out on top if a re-count was called. But, for now, it’s broad beans. Read more » >>
The road to being a master gardener is long and treacherous; lined with carrot flies, slugs, the wrong type of soil, not enough sun, too much water and other assorted pitfalls. I fell foul of one such misfortune this week, a mere month into my grow-your-own experiment. Read more » >>
…is a British writer and editor who moved to Sweden in 2001. A former chef turned food and travel writer, he loves everything about food, but particularly the raw ingredients themselves. When not cooking, eating or thinking about food, he can often be found hanging around in butchers shops, fishmongers and grocery stores; a hobby he can pursue for hours on end. He hopes that writing this blog will take up so much time that it halves his food shopping bills.