Smoked Salmon the Scandinavian way

In what better way can you spend a Sunday afternoon, than visiting a salmon smokehouse run by a Norwegian in the middle of Hackney, London! We only stumbled upon the news of the newly started smokehouse a few weeks ago, although been operating for more than 6 months and already managed to establish themselves as the salmon smokehouse amongst top end restaurants in London. Located in a back alley...

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A beautiful start

I would say that this is a rather decorative sourdough starter. This weekend I made a few sourdough starters, and this is one of them, based on Bramley apple peels. It's about 250 grams of apple peel and 2 liter of water, all resting inside an vintage Norgesglass (in Norwegian). We frequently bake our own bread, but we have always used yeast. This time we are going to try something a bit...

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The Brand for Spring Summer 2011

Swedish label The Brand makes cool clothes with a touch of elegance. See more from The Brand and previous styles here. Visit thebrand.se to see more of their new collection. I'll be taking a look at their coming autumn winter 2011 collection at CPH Kids in February to see what they have in store for us. -And I will of course be sharing it with you!

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Green Cotton Spring Summer 2011

Green Cotton "is what it says on the tin"; organic soft cotton. The label Green Cotton is owned by Novotex - the first in the World with tees made of certified organic cotton. Novotex has won several prizes for bringing the environmental awareness into the textile industry. Green Cotton has existed as a registered trademark since late 80's, and as a children’s collection since 2006. The...

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Sandkaker -a nutty delight for Christmas

Sandkaker must be one of the easiest of all Christmas cookies, with only 4 ingredients and hardly any preparation before you start baking. Children can easily take part in the baking; Easy to mix everything together, no dangerous heating or long wait. © Little Scandinavian Sandkaker Christmas 2010The only ingredient that can take a while to prepare are the almonds, since you first have to remove...

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Brown cookies – “Brunkager”

Brunkager is for us a new Christmas cookie, it is more of a Danish tradition and not very common in Norway. After being introduced to these sweet cookies by some friends we decided to make some ourselves. © Little Scandinavian Brunkager 2010 After a little bit of recipe research, and finding elements that we think would work, we had the following recipe. When it comes to Christmas cookie recipes...

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Berlin Wreaths – “Berlinerkranser”

Scandinavians have traditionally spent a lot of time and effort in preparing for Christmas, and anyone with an ambition and certain level of pride has prepared a large number foods, sweets and treats for the big celebration. And it must be at least 7 different Christmas cookies. © Little Scandinavian Berlinerkranser 2010These cookies typically contain a lot of sugar, butter, flour and spices, so...

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