Trina Hahnemann

This is an interesting book, but best I can guess it is a Swedish cookbook, not Scandinavian. But I'm not Swedish, so maybe it isn't even Swedish.

My mother was dyed in the wool Norwegian, and at Christmas we would have all of her sisters, brothers and other relatives (large family) over. We seemed to be the gathering spot, as had her mother.

The week before Christmas we would all be drafted into the Kitchen to help with the baking, not the simple stuff, like in this book, but delicate treats, endless different ones.

Few if anything in this book is familiar to me. That was a big disappointment, it wasn't at all reminiscing, nor Norwegian.… (más)

I enjoyed reading the "backstory" of certain Christmas traditions (mostly food-related) in Scandinavia.

The recipes are definitely not what I'm used to as an American (plenty of duck, lamb, fish, and spiced breads/cakes) and a few recipes explained that the ingredients were rare and included websites to order them; therefore, this isn't the most practical book for myself.

I do wish there had been even more stories and traditions explained. (And I wish the title had included a descriptor indicating it was a cookbook, not a general book on Christmas in Scandinavia, which is what I had assumed - but I didn't read the back cover, so that was my mistake.)… (más)

Indeholder "Tak", "Mogens Lykketoft: Forord", "Indledning", "Syrisk spisekultur", "Damaskus' store køkken - en rejse i nutid og fortid", "Køkkenet er Deres, Madame", "Rigtige mænd drikker te", "Forelsket i en gade", "Fatimas fødselsdag", "Søvnløs på Abdel Nasser Street", "Den Grønne Café", "Farmen ved havet - Munas gæstebud", "Gud har ikke kaldt mig - kokken der vil være munk", "Agatha Christie, Baronen og sufierne i Aleppo", "Så skal der bades", "Pigen med den blå ring - i druserland", "Det daglige brød", " Khuboz pitabrød", "Krydderier", "Mezze", "Opskrifter", " Labneh - Yoghurtost", " Hummus", " Baba Ganoush - Auberginemos", " Fatoush - Brødsalat", " Ful Medammes - Bønner i tahinisauce", " Beewaz - Persillesalat", " Tabbouleh - Bulgursalat", " Melines fiskeboller", " Taratour Al-Zahra - Dybstegt blomkål med yoghurtsauce", " Mfarakit kusa - Squashdip", " Kassis Mshattah - Stegte auberginer og tomater", " Salateh Shamiyeh - Syrisk hverdagssalat", " Adjeh patata - Kartoffelkager", " Muhammara - Peberfrugtsauce", " Sabanekh bi-zeit - Spinat i olivenolie med butterbeans", " Laban Immo - 'Hans mors mælk' - Grillet lam marineret i yoghurt", " Mutabal el-shamandar - Rødbedemutable", " Falafel", " Kafta - Stegte krydrede oksefrikadeller", " Moujaddara - Fattigmandslinser", " Shurbeh sebanekh - Spinatsuppe", " Kebab karaz - Lam i kirsebær", " Dawood basha - Syriske kødboller i tomatsauce", " Samak el-sultan - Sultanens fisk", " Borak zaitoon - Små olivenpirogger", " Kylling med citron og grønne oliven", " Kibbeh - Farmens kibbeh med lam", " Makloubet fakhdeh - Lam med ris og nødder", " Arabiske ris", " Makloubet dajaj - Vendt risret med kylling", " Mahshi bathinjan - Fyldte auberginer", " Kafta bel laban - Krydrede lammefrikadeller med mynteyoghurt", " Syriske kibbeh - Fyldte kødboller i yoghurtsauce", " Røde linser med spinat", " Kafta b'sebanekh - Kødboller med spinat", " Kikærtesalat med kylling", " Mehshy el-filfil - Peberfrugter med fyld", " Sheikh al-mihshi koussa - Fyldte babysquash med bulgur", " Kekat bortokal - Appelsinkage", " Baklava - Sød filodej med nøddefyld", " Barazeh - 'Jamals søde tand'", " Rystet yoghurt-drik", " Sleeha - Granatæbledessert", " Mynte-citrondrik", "Register".

Meget appetitvækkende kogebog med sjove retter fra et helt andet køkken end det danske. Jeg laver gerne krydrede lammefrikadeller inspireret herfra, men kagerne er en tand for søde, tror jeg.… (más)