Holidays in Scandinavia

Holidays in Scandinavia
Author: Lee Wyndham
Publisher: Garrard Publishing Company
Total Pages: 104
Release: 1975
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 9780811649551

Discusses the origins and celebrations of the major religious and folk holidays of the Scandinavian countries.

Swedish Christmas Traditions

Swedish Christmas Traditions
Author: Ernst Kirchsteiger
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 216
Release: 2010-12-08
Genre: Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN: 1628732989

Here readers will learn how to bring those warm traditions into their own homes, wherever they live. Included are instructions to make mulled wine, homemade peanut brittle, red candied apples, crisp pepparkakor, lightly browned Swedish meatballs, candles, wreaths, and more. Each recipe and project are accompanied by beautiful full-color photographs. From fashioning centerpieces to baking delicious cookies to hand-making Christmas tree ornaments, this book will inspire readers to rediscover the joys of a Scandinavian Christmas.

Scandinavian Christmas

Scandinavian Christmas
Author: Trine Hahnemann
Publisher: Hardie Grant Publishing
Total Pages: 367
Release: 2017-09-21
Genre: Cooking
ISBN: 1787131955

In Scandinavia the whole period of Christmas, from the first Sunday in Advent to New Year's Day, is marked by festivals and celebrated in traditional but beautifully contemporary style. Hygge, the Danish word for cosiness, is about being inside with candles, great comfort food and lots of cakes and sweets. The first week of December is baking week - enough has to be made to last the whole Christmas period. Jars of decorated cookies, gingerbread houses and clogs filled with little presents rub shoulders with simple wreaths, trees and tables decorated with white candles and fresh greenery - the perfect mix of ancient and modern. Brunches, cocktail and tea parties, lunches and dinners are celebrated with a mixture of traditional goodies and delicious modern recipes. Duck and pork rule on Christmas Eve, fish, ham and seasonal vegetables on Christmas Day. Sweets, biscuits, puddings and other treats abound - all washed down with gluwein and fruity cocktails. In this glorious book, illustrated with Lars Ranek's evocative photographs, Trine Hahnemann provides a cornucopia of 70 Christmas recipes - all featuring ingredients which are common to all northern climes - showing us how we, too, can decorate our homes and make delicious dishes to celebrate Christmas the Scandinavian way.

Bridge of Sighs

Bridge of Sighs
Author: Richard Russo
Publisher: Vintage
Total Pages: 546
Release: 2007-09-25
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0307267903

NATIONAL BESTSELLER • From the beloved Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Empire Falls comes "a magnificent, bighearted” novel (The Boston Globe) about small-town America that follows Louis Charles Lynch (“Lucy”) and his wife of forty years as they prepare to embark on a vacation to Italy. Lucy is sixty years old and has spent his entire life in Thomaston, New York. Like his late, beloved father, Lucy is an optimist, though he’s had plenty of reasons not to be—chief among them his mother, still indomitably alive. Yet it was her shrewdness, combined with that Lynch optimism, that had propelled them years ago to the right side of the tracks and created an “empire” of convenience stores about to be passed on to the next generation. Lucy's oldest friend, once a rival for his wife's affection, leads a life in Venice far removed from Thomaston. In fact, the exact nature of their friendship is one of the many mysteries Lucy hopes to untangle in the “history” he’s writing of his hometown and family. And with his story interspersed with that of Noonan, the native son who’d fled so long ago, the destinies building up around both of them (and Sarah, too) are relentless, constantly surprising, and utterly revealing. Look for Richard Russo's new book, Somebody's Fool, coming soon.

Nordic Tourism

Nordic Tourism
Author: Colin Michael Hall
Publisher: Channel View Publications
Total Pages: 314
Release: 2008
Genre: Travel
ISBN: 1845410939

Tourism is an increasingly important industry in the Nordic countries (Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden) that is integral to economic, social and sustainable development. Nordic Tourism is the first comprehensive and accessible introduction to tourism in the region and also includes case studies from leading Nordic researchers on specific destinations, attractions, resources, concepts and issues.

Scandinavian Classic Baking

Scandinavian Classic Baking
Author: Pat Sinclair
Publisher: Pelican Publishing Company
Total Pages: 104
Release: 2011-01-17
Genre: Cooking
ISBN: 1455616036

"Pat's recipes take you to Scandinavia with ease and without a plane ticket. Simple and elegant yet sophisticated."--George Geary, author of The Complete Baking Cookbook: 350 Recipes from Cookies and Cakes to Muffins and Pies "I can imagine Scandinavian Classic Baking as a parent's gift to a daughter or son, and passed down along the generations. I'm impressed with the level of detail provided."--Kim Ode, author of Baking with the St. Paul Bread Club Distinguished by hints of cardamom, cinnamon, nutmeg, and orange peel, these sweet yeast breads, berry-studded tarts, and nutty pastries offer the most memorable flavors of Scandinavian cuisine. Gorgeously photographed, the authentic recipes range from hearty and wholesome Scandinavian Rye Bread, Swedish Lucia Buns, and Mini Princess Cakes to the traditional and venturesome Danish Aebleskiver, Norwegian Fattigmann, and Sandbakkels. The book, organized by type of dish, includes information about each of the countries that make up Scandinavia along with anecdotes and notes about traditions, holidays, and baking tips and tricks. Featuring photographs from around the region and information on where to find the equipment for specialty baking endeavors, this cookbook invites bakers of all levels to experience Northern Europe's best coffee breads, cakes, cookies, and tarts.