A morning spent outside, the snow crisp and sparkling – minus 16 degrees in the air. Standing quiet behind a tree, watching talgoxar [great tits] and nötväckor [nuthatches] dart between the branches. I could have stayed there for hours. —…
A morning spent outside, the snow crisp and sparkling – minus 16 degrees in the air. Standing quiet behind a tree, watching talgoxar [great tits] and nötväckor [nuthatches] dart between the branches. I could have stayed there for hours. —…
The sky these days, or just a dream? No but seriously have you ever seen pärlemormoln [pearlescent clouds], as we call them in Swedish? A pale canvas, slowly awakening after months of nights, brushed with mother-of-pearl – soft greens, pinks,…
There is nothing quite like winter in the north of Sweden – crisp air, snow-covered fields, and the northern lights flickering beyond the windows. In the depths of the season, I was honoured to welcome Bake from Scratch Editor-in-Chief Brian…
[Almond king’s cake] The galette des rois is traditionally eaten throughout January to celebrate the Epiphany. Although, the its origin can be traced back to pagan celebrations of the winter solstice. In these celebrations, a cake was baked with a…
[Lemon weekend cake, clementine confit] Originally published on January 29, 2010 This is a cake I’ve made so many times over the years that I could make it with my eyes closed. I remember the first time I posted about…
[Saffron mazariner] Twelve weeks ago, almost to the second, Sienna was put on my chest; pink as a candy, eyes wide open. Twelve weeks that went quickly, and also, twelves weeks when winter came and went more times that I…
On snow. The first snow didn’t settle onto the ground. That night, the clouds broke into minute snowflakes as we stepped out from the house. And just like I did last year and the year before that, I stopped and…
I’m writing this on the first day of winter as defined by the astronomical calendar. In my heart, though, winter started early morning, on the second of November. That day, we walked through the old town; snow on the ground,…
Traditionally eaten for Santa Lucia on the thirteenth of December, lussekatter – also called lussebullar – have a nebulous history. One that’s laced with Christianity and paganism, German and viking heritage. In fact, even the origin of the Lucia celebrations…
We have stars glowing by our windows. And snow when we look over the roofs of Skellefteå. We have a batch of saffron, almond and orange biscotti in the oven. And one of pepparkaksdeg [gingerbread biscuit dough] in the making:…
[Swedish chocolate cake, of the Sunday kind] Everytime I come around here, a whole season has gone by. There was summer and its endless hours in the kitchen that I now call home. But before we knew it, the time…