Nordic Notions

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Karen Mordechai

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loft inspo: cool room with legit record collection. image credit here. 

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THORSTEN SCHMIDT | The Nordic Alchemist

Schmidt’s style is experimental, rebellious and intriguing. He’s eager to explore and develop Nordic Cuisine, or more specifically, Jutlandic cuisine – a philosophy rooted in local, sustainable cooking which inspires the the desire to create memorable moments and evoke the strongest of feelings.

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Mortensrud Church by JSA features all manner of quirky elements

This church in Oslo by Jensen & Skodvin Arkitektkontor was built to fit into its surroundings as harmoniously as possible, with no blasting of the land needed at all during its construction. Trees protrude up through atriums within the building and rocks rise from the ground in places where the floors were build around them. Inside, these surfaces are mirrored by heavy use of glass for natural light, loose stonework above a steel frame, and smooth stone in between. The end result is exciting and spacious, if a little convoluted. 

More at: ArchDaily

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The amazing work of the Danish carpenter & designer Kim Dolva at Københavns Møbelsnedker | Photo via Swedish interior magazine Residence 

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Grundtvigs Kirke København (1940)

by Peder Vilhelm Jensen-Klint

Ralf Streithorst Photography

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Akvavit Infusions

Akvavit – usually simply called ‘snaps’ here in Denmark – is a huge part of Scandinavian culinary and social culture. It’s a liquor that is at the very least 37% alcohol, and usually flavoured with caraway, cumin, or dill; shots of it will be basically mandatory at most traditional gatherings.

My mother-in-law has a hobby of making infusions of berries and herbs in akvavit; recipes for his abound on the internet, but it’s a trial-and-error sort of pursuit. I made her a little stamp out of a cork to label her concoctions.

So far, this year’s efforts include bog myrtle leaves, pears, crabapples, walnut husks, wild blackberries, St. John’s Wort buds, calendula petals, sloe, wild cherry plums, and sea buckthorn berries. The solid contents are strained out after a period of days or months, depending on the ingredient.

Typically, we drink these infused akvavits on special occasions. My favourites are always crabapple and walnut, but myrtle makes a nice one as well.

This sort of thing can be done with most liquors: vodka is a common base for making infused concoctions, but you also can’t go wrong with making something like a sloe gin!

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8th Sep 2015. Soiperoinen conservation area, Taivalkoski, Finland. 

by Tiina Törmänen | web | FB | IG |

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Fäviken Chef Magnus Nilsson awarded 2015 White Guide Global Gastronomy Award

“For having developed a truly unique and personal gastronomy, gleaming as a Northern light far and beyond, extracting the innermost secrets of his local woods, fields and waters, with the deepest understanding of his terroirs, their potential and margins of sustainability, with the doorway ajar to the parallel universe of microbiology, all delivered in a stunning restaurant culture bridging history and future, local with global, science with art – seasoned with poetry and humour.”

“Fäviken Magasinet is located in the Northern part of Sweden, close to Åre, Sweden’s foremost winter sports destination. The restaurant at the resort-like Fäviken estate is housed in an old dairy farm.”

“Previous winners of The White Guide Global Gastronomy Award: 2007: Ferran Adrià, El Bulli, Roses, Spain 2008: Charlie Trotter, Charlie Trotter’s, Chicago, USA 2009: Fergus Henderson, St. John, London, UK 2010: René Redzepi, Noma, Copenhagen, Denmark 2011: Alain Passard, l’Arpège, Paris, France 2012: David Chang, Momofuku, New York, USA 2013. Gastón Acurio, Astrid y Gastón, Lima, Peru 2014: Massimo Bottura, Osteria Francescana, Modena, Italy”

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