The Nordic Cookbook

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The Nordic Cookbook offers an unprecedented look at the rich culinary offerings of the Nordic region with 700 recipes collected by the acclaimed Swedish chef Magnus Nilsson.The Nordic Cookbook, richly illustrated with the personal photography of internationally acclaimed chef Magnus Nilsson, unravels the mysteries of Nordic ingredients and introduces the region s culinary history and cooking techniques.Included in this beautiful book are than 700 authentic recipes Magnus collected while travelling extensively throughout the Nordic countries Denmark, the Faroe Islands, Finland, Greenland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden enhanced by atmospheric photographs of its landscapes and people His beautiful photographs feature in the book alongside images of the finished dishes by Erik Olsson, the photographer behind F viken.With Magnus as a guide, everyone can prepare classic Nordic dishes and also explore new ones The Nordic Cookbook introduces readers to the familiar gravlax, meatballs and lingonberry jam and the lesser known aspects of Nordic cuisine rose hip soup, pork roasted with prunes, and juniper beer.Organized by food type, The Nordic Cookbook covers every type of Nordic dish including meat, fish, vegetables, breads, pastries and desserts These recipes are achievable for home cooks of all abilities and are accompanied by narrative texts on Nordic culinary history, ingredients and techniques including smoking and home preserving Additional essays explore classic dishes made for special occasions and key seasonal events, such as the Midsummer feast.The Nordic Cookbook joins Phaidon s national cuisine series, which includes Mexico, India, Thailand, Peru and others, and is the most comprehensive source on home cooking from the Nordic countries. Best Download [ The Nordic Cookbook ] Author [ Magnus Nilsson ] For Kindle ePUB or eBook – kino-fada.fr I have a large shelf of cookery books but there s nothing remotely Nordic about any of them So I was curious to have a good look through this one.I ordered it in from our local Library service and the first thing I noticed was the sheer size and weight of it nearly 750 pages and massive I can t help thinking that the size is somehow proving some sort of point Does someone who is bothering to read a Nordic cookbook need to be told and I quote overcooked broccoli is just not very nice I have a large shelf of cookery books but there s nothing remotely Nordic about any of them So I was curious to have a good look through this one.I ordered it in from our local Library service and the first thing I noticed was the sheer size and weight of it nearly 750 page...This a fantastic cook book because it has some many photos of the area it has landscape not just recipes this a vast collection of Colour facts that are really interesting.If you love cooking that is different changing that makes you want to scream Fuck me this one hell of a bookI love this cookbook It was a holiday gift to me, and so thoughtful and perfect I ve only started browsing through it as it deserves, but have already in less than a week made 2 recipes from it Both the julekaka a Norwegian Christmas bread that s a holiday tradition around here , and the red cabbage with apples which we just has with our Yuletide roast goose, turned out perfectly And since our local Scandinavian store closed, I am eager to try making rye crispbread, lefse, and other thing I love this ...For those who might be interested in furthering their cultural knowledge, The Nordic Cook Book is fantastic It sof a cultural history book than a fully functional cook book though there are many recipes that can be made today I once made the modern Swedish comfort dish Chilli Creamed Chicken and Banana Casserole, very different flavor mix than my American palate is used to but, it was pretty tasty I picked one of the stranger dishes because I m adventurous like that but, there are many For those who might be interested in furthering their cultural knowledge, The Nordic Cook Book is fantastic It sof a cultural history book than a fully functional cook book though there are many recipes that can be made today I once made the modern Swedish comfort dish Chilli Creamed Chicken and Banana Casserole, very different flavor mix tha...This book is beyond comprehensive, offering a full range of recipes from all across the Nordic region There s also a fair bit of history and background to the recipes and cuisine food culture The book does slant somewhat toward Swedish, but that s not surprising given that the author is Swedish The quality is a littlemixed A lot of Nordic cooking is simple, and many of the recipes reflect More than a few recipes boil down to take a piece of meat, add some vegetables, salt, and some s This book is beyond comprehensive, offering a full range of rec...I love this cookbook Not only does Mr Nilsson explain that Nordic cooking is a bit broad for a single cookbook, he says he wouldn t have wanted anyone else to write it The research he conducted is admirable, and, if you care about food at all read this boo...some people read cookbooks for fun i m not one of those people however, i do like reading about interesting people and intersting food, so thus, this i ve been following Nilsson for a long time, and this book surpassed anything i thought it would be narrative, anthropoligi...I honestly did read this There is a lot of cultural context to the recipes, which is fascinating That and the beautiful photos make it well worth paging through the entire 600 pages of the book.The Nordic Cookbook by famed Swedish Chef Magnus Nilsson is expansive to a point where you could swap out the Joy of Cooking or any other vast cooking reference book for this tome of cooking techniques and recipes Do you want to know how to hardboil an egg Nordic Cookbook has you covered Need to make some mayonnaise This book has a recipe for that too Want to serve Rotten Shark and Smoking Fish Over Sheep s Dung to your friends and family, you evil bastard Then you should probably read T The Nordi...This book is quite an undertaking with over 700 recipes It s like someone tried to create a North American cookbook that includes all the recipes that are important across the diverse nation in a form that all could agree is accurate Impossible, but it s pretty cool to traverse the Nordic work through this admittedly limited curated collection that is huge but still, as Nilsson acknowledges, incomplete Nordic, in this context, refers to Greenland, Iceland, Sweden, Norway, Finland, Denmark, This book is quite an undertaking with over 700 recipes It s like someone tried to create a North American cookbook that includes all the recipes that are important across the diverse nation in a form that all could agree is accurate Impossible, but it s pretty cool to traverse the Nordic work through this admittedly limited curated collection that is huge but still, as Nilsson acknowledges, incomplete Nordic, in this context, refers to Greenland, Iceland, Sweden, Norway, Finland, Denmark, and the Faroe Islands, including the Roma and Sami people Nilsson admirably provides a history of the area that shows the cultural intersections and is worth reading if you are interested in Scandinavian countries.Dramatic pictures highlight the landscape, dishes and ingredients The pictures of dishes are very helpful in order to see what is meant by a recipe like Swedish reduced curds Drawings of equipment and techniques are scattered throug...

The Nordic Cookbook
  • 01 February 2018
  • Hardcover
  • 768 pages
  • 0714868728
  • Magnus Nilsson
  • The Nordic Cookbook