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On a meringue-topped Swedish gooey cake, midsummer crowns & learning to love matjessill
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Bonjour June
Of summer days and cold lakes, warm kitchens and the way home
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The Swedish kringle that wasn’t
A transatlantic tale of almond glaze, choux pastry, mistranslation. And a forgotten Scandinavian favourite.
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Cake salé with white asparagus and pancetta
A postcard from the forest’s edge
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A bilberry and vanilla meringue cake for Svante
Of moss, birch, and bilberries – ten years of love, carried through cake.
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Bonjour May
Three plates, a picnic basket, and a raspberry bush by the woods.
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Rhubarb toscakaka with vaniljsås
For when the garden is still sleeping, and the custard waits with you.
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Custard-filled solbullar and the way we Easter
Birch branches, vintage ceramic chicks, yellow ribbons, and what I cook this time of the year.
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Spring potato galette with smoked salmon
Flaky rye crust, mandelpotatis, horseradish, and a little green hope, shared outdoors.
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How I eat soft-boiled eggs (with smörfrallor, always)
A love-letter to mouillettes, salted butter, and that perfect 6-minute yolk
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Bonjour April
The snow is still here, but the cravings are changing.
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Danskt rågbröd + a carrot and orange marmalade
Ten years, many loaves, and a Danish-style rye bread worth chasing. Best sliced thin, with butter, cheese, and something bright.
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Tourteau fromagé du Poitou-Charentes
The burnt goat cheesecake you've never heard of.
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Bonjour from The Bakers' Cottage
The dough is resting, the oven is warm – something new is coming.
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