What’s in season; Mackerel

It's nothing quite like being served fresh mackerel. Mackerel is in season and are easy to find and reasonably priced at the moment. Mackerel are round oily sea fish with it's rich taste and dark flesh with a high content of healthy Omega-3 fatty acids -and we think it's absolutely best when served together with cucumber salad. Cucumber salad 1 cucumber, thinly sliced 1 teaspoon sugar 2...

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Where to buy retro backpacks by Fjallraven.

Reader of Little Scandinavian asks: I have recently discovered Swedish brand Fjallraven (makers of outdoor equipment) do really cool backpacks for kids in great colours. However, the only place I can find to buy them is through J Crew in the USA and they don't ship to the UK. Do you know of any companies within the UK who stock them, or any that will ship to the UK? Thanks, Marie. Dear Marie. Yes...

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