This year was the first year I have worked on my birthday. I’ve sat exams on it and studied on it, but always managed to coincide it with a holiday so I’ve never actually been to work on it. One of the things about working on your birthday in Denmark (and as far as I […]
I would like to call this post La Vara: The Best Restaurant in New York, but that is probably a bit unfair since I was only there a week. I suppose it is safer to say the best restaurant I ate at in New York, by a long stretch. A small space on a quiet […]
After over a week of eating almost everything New York had to offer, I am back in uncharacteristically sunny Denmark, and the real world. The world where I do not have professional chefs providing my every meal and where eating five pieces of fruit and vegetables a day has transitioned back into rule rather than […]
I’m away on holidays in New York this week, so in lieu of a post, I give you some holiday photos. I’ll get around to the tips and reviews when I’m back home next week. Midtown Manhattan Bread with tomato, nori and mojama at the amazing La Vara in Cobble Hill, Brooklyn. The Chelsea Hotel. […]
The first time I went to Paris, I hated it. I’m not sure if it was just that I was a sullen fifteen year old who hated everything (every single photo from that holiday involves scowling) or something else, but Paris just didn’t click. When I returned as a college student, that all changed and […]
For the last few years, my favourite presents to receive have been anything kitchen related. Sad, but true. A few years ago my parents gave me my first proper kitchen knife, brought back from Paris. It was the year I learned the value of lying when someone asks ‘what did Santa bring you for Christmas’ […]
Frikadeller are a quintessential Danish tradition. They are so commonly eaten that supermarkets sell mixed packs of pork and beef mince for making them at home. Everyone has their own recipe, and different ideas on what makes them work. In the South of Denmark, some people add sparkling water to the mix instead of milk […]
This post would perhaps be better entitled the triumph of hope over experience. It is mid-March and snow is whirling outside my window. This morning Rene Redzepi tweeted a picture of snow covered patio chairs and announced spring had come to Copenhagen. Up in Aarhus we are on snow warnings so severe there are threats […]
I have a slight obsession with Turkish grocers. I keep reading articles raving about Danish food culture, the NOMA effect and so on but I’m not sure I have seen the effects of it as much here in Aarhus. Every single article mentions how you can now buy foraged herbs in Danish supermarkets. I’m not […]
My earliest memory of Valentine’s Day was the year the McDonald’s in my town decided to try something new. In what can only be described as a bizarre marketing stunt, they decided to go the whole nine yards and convert the upstairs into a romantic restaurant. It was lit by candles, there were white tablecloths […]
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