The best experiences of 2016
Doing what we do, constantly researching great places to visit that you know is going to be beyond the norm, you can think that the surprise and actual experience would suffer once we get there. Not so much, and we…
Author Archives: Jessica Långberg
“Eivor’s Ants” (Chocolate candy) Recipe
No actual ants are involved here, but this is a very quick and easy Christmas chocolate candy you can whip up in a whim. We’re not certain why they’re called “ants”, since they’re not really similar to ants. “Eivor”, however,…
Iconic Hikes – Besseggen, Norway
Just a 4-hour drive from Oslo there is a dramatic change in scenery when you get to Jotunheimen. A large mountain area of about 3,500 square kilometres encloses Norway’s highest mountain (Galdhøpiggen) and lots of waterfalls, rivers, lakes, glaciers and…
Iconic Hikes – Angels Landing in Zion National Park
Zion National Park is almost a secret hidden in plain sight, at least when compared to the popularity of Grand Canyon for visitors to Las Vegas and the surrounding area. Zion Canyon opens up like a garden of Eden and…
Tosca Mazarin
The Mazarin is a traditional Swedish pastry named after the French-Italian Cardinal Jules Mazarin (1602-1661), the successor of Cardinal Richelieu famous from the Three Musketeers. Exactly why it’s named after him is a bit confusing, but Sweden has always had…
Spaghetti Carbonara
Although not really that old, the history of the Spaghetti Carbonara is still not clear. Of course it’s Italian, but with that settled everything else gets a bit more muddled. The consensus seems to be that it was first served…
Semlor
Semlor, or fastlagsbullar, are wheat buns filled with almond paste and topped with cream eaten on Fettisdagen (the Fat Tuesday). It might not sound that appetizing and for most of the history it probably wasn’t that amazing either, at least…