This is a superb dish, one that easily scales up to feed a crowd Seafood is king during summertime in Scandinavia. People are not inclined to spend hours preparing and cooking elaborate dishes when it’s warm outside; after all, summers are so short in the region and everyone needs to …...Read More
Barbecued or Grilled Prawns with Tarragon Tartare Sauce
Barbecued Zesty Cod Burgers
The burgers can be refrigerated or frozen in advance if need be Although barbecuing wouldn’t be considered a traditional Scandinavian method for cooking cod, there is something irresistible about the fresh, vibrant flavours of lime, coriander and green chilli that sing of summer. The burgers can be refrigerated or frozen …...Read More
Spring Vegetable Tart with Mustard Cream and Watercress
Emily Atack credits her lockdown weight-loss to not being able to go to the pub (but she 'can't wait' to get back in the boozer!)...Read More
Prawn Skagen
This version is packed with flavour but, being made with greek yogurt and served on crispbread rather than toast, it has a lighter touch Named after the picturesque headland at the northerly tip of Jutland, a peninsula in Denmark between the North Sea and the Kattegat, skagen was often made …...Read More
Cardamom Buns with Cream and Marzipan
An almond-rich marzipan – one with a 50 per cent almond content or more – gives the best flavour Enriched yeast buns (semlor) scented with cardamom are an essential part of Scandinavian baking. These are a crowd pleaser. An almond-rich marzipan – one with a 50 per cent almond content …...Read More
Handsome prince meets American Divorcee… sound familiar?
With Zsuzsi in the late 1960s It was one of the 20th century’s grandest passions, but was riven by heartache and controversy – and ultimately vetoed by the Queen. Royal writer Christopher Wilson looks back at the tragic love affair of Prince William of Gloucester Prince William of Gloucester was …...Read More
Mothers and daughters: Katie Piper - 'There were times I used Mum as an emotional punchbag'
Katie Piper with her mum Diane Katie Piper’s mother Diane nursed her back from the hell of a life-changing attack. Now Katie explains why it’s her turn to be the rock Katie’s story Katie, 36, lives with her husband Richard and their children Belle, six, and Penelope, two I was …...Read More
Mothers and daughters: Katie Piper - 'There were times I used Mum as a punchbag'
Katie Piper with her mum Diane Katie Piper’s mother Diane nursed her back from the hell of a life-changing attack. Now Katie explains why it’s her turn to be the rock Katie’s story Katie, 36, lives with her husband Richard and their children Belle, six, and Penelope, two I was …...Read More
Crayfish, Traditional style
TIP Special crayfish utensils can help get to the claw meat. A nutcracker also works well. The annual kräftskiva, or crayfish party, is an August highlight in Sweden. Because the summers are so short, it feels right to mark the arrival of locally caught crayfishwith a convivial affair full of …...Read More
'Instead of writing headlines my daughter, Kim Wall, became one'
When journalist Kim Wall disappeared while on assignment, her frantic parents could never have imagined the horror that would unfold. Here, her mother Ingrid speaks for the first time about the living nightmare that followed Kim with her parents Jocke and Ingrid at her graduation, 2011. Ingrid writes: 'Kim has …...Read More
