While on Fat Tuesday, some dance and others dress in costumes; in Sweden we eat buns; in fact, 4 million Semlas will be consumed in Sweden today. We usually visit a bakery for ours, but, this year, I flipped tradition on it’s...
Day 14: Swedish Gingerbread Cookies and Cake | Pepparkakor This is a weekend of baking and celebrating with two days of Swedish Christmas must-havebaked goods. Did you join us for Lucia, yesterday? We shared our Swedish Lussekatt, (Lucia Buns) for Day 13...
Hard Bread Sandwiches: The Breakfast of Swedish Champions Left: Classic Swedish hard bread sandwiches. Typically ham, cheese, cucumber, tomato or red pepper. Far Right: Hard bread packaging in the grocery store. Last night, somewhere between the Swedish Olympic Handball team moving on to...
CAMP FIRE CUPCAKES or “Valborg” treats. I hope you’ve had a great weekend. Today is a National Holiday in Sweden called Valborg.This means that tonight we will walk to a local neighborhood bonfire, where the neighbors will gather with their families....
