Fika

Last week I tried Fika, the Swedish cafe in New York's Hells Kitchen. I wanted to see my friend, author and illustrator Johanna Kindvall (and her co-author Anne Brones), who were signing their new book; Fika The Art of the Swedish Coffee Break. Besides getting a...

Svenska brød bakning – Goddag på dig!

No, I'm not learning Swedish… But Swedish bread preparation is on my radar. Today I have been baking some loaves found on Martin Johansson's blog, by way of Petra. Danke sehr! Bread is a simple language on its own; flour, water, salt. And Google...