Tag: food

  • Make your own cheese!

    This headline was in the Swedish paper this weekend.  It says, “New trend: Make your own cheese in the fridge!” I think this child has captured my thoughts exactly on […]

  • Attack on ice cream

    Apparently a man was sentenced for drilling holes in the tires of an ice cream truck this past autumn because he couldn’t take the constant melody. “A prominent Swedish businessman […]

  • No.

    From online Swedish news site, the local.  If I had to guess – someone just broke up with an Italian.

  • Candy coma

    I’ve been away from the computer for a few days.  I blame it on candy coma.  The holidays were just a 2 week candy binge.  It’s actually not over yet.  […]

  • The kind of crime I like

    Two big crime stories in the Swedish news this past month. 1. Man steals truckload of chocolate. 2. Men steal hot dogs. (caught by mustard stains!)   

  • If my job doesn’t work out…

    …there are always other options.

  • Lucia day

    Today is St. Lucia day in Sweden.  I write about this every year.  It’s the holiday where girls wear lit candles on their head and many sad parents have to […]

  • Back from Slovenia!

    Back from Slovenia!  And it was actually a very beautiful place! We were in Ljubljana and it was Christmas market time.  The whole old part of the city was lit […]

  • Pie for breakfast

    Breakfast this morning was pumpkin muffins, pie and …. a carrot – because you need something healthy.  Do my kids even realize how lucky they are to have an American […]

  • It’s coming…

    Starbucks is finally coming to Stockholm.  For the past 2 years, (or more?) we in Stockholm have had to book a flight at the airport to get into the only […]

  • Life experience – category Coconut

    Check another one off for life experiences.  I opened a coconut last week. I’ve always avoided them at the grocery store because I thought it would be too much of […]

  • It’s vacation, so it’s ok

    We have an electric scale at home that’s hooked up to the computer.  We’ve had this scale for 3 years.  It’s nice because it charts your weight fluctuations so you […]

  • Limited Ninja Restaurants

    I’m looking for some places to eat in the neighborhood we will be staying at on our summer vacation.  One restaurant is listed as “the city’s only ninja-themed restaurant.” Really, […]

  • Europe too fancy for me

    I will never get over the fact that kids in Sweden eat caviar for breakfast and occasionally veal in the school cafeteria.

  • Falukorv – or – How can you mess up sausage?

    Sausage.  How can anyone mess up a sausage?  This was always my belief until I moved to Sweden.  How do you mess it up?  Turn it into falukorv!  I’m not […]

  • What’s up with the cherries?

    Why is cherry not a flavor in Sweden?  I’m from the U.S. and I’ve travelled to many other countries in Europe.  They all have cherry flavors!  Cherry candy, cherry liquor, […]

  • Butternut squash

    I was at the grocery store this morning when I noticed a new display with butternut squash.  After years of seeing so many American recipes using butternut squash, it was […]