Dec 13, 2015 | Culture & History, Food
Today, December 13th, we celebrate Santa Lucia Day in Scandinavia. This tradition stems from a combination of the celebration of Saint Lucia and the Norse “lusse” celebration. There are many theories behind why we celebrate this day, I will shine a light...
Dec 5, 2015 | Culture & History, Food
While I wouldn’t suggest you do this when making the popular Norwegian Christmas cookies “pepperkaker”, the Norwegian word for “ginger bread cookies”, there is a famous “pepperkake” song by famous Norwegian playwright and...
Dec 1, 2015 | Culture & History, Food
As a Norwegian having lived in NY for 20 years, I have perhaps become more American in many ways than Norwegian with the times. But there is a time of year where I am definitely still 100% Norwegian and when homesickness strikes hard, and that is around Christmas....
