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1 Learn How to Make Eplekake, A Norwegian Apple Cake
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2 For the Princess in All of Us . . .
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3 Savory Sight: Norwegian Fish Market
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4 Festive Foods: Krumkaker Filled with Cloudberry Cream
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5 Savory Sight: Smørbrød
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6 Norway Wins Bocuse d'Or, Team USA Finishes Sixth
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7 Gingerbread City in Bergen, Norway
Here's an excerpt from OnSugar blog Life Forward. There's been a lot of discussion about how to bridge not only the wage gap — wherein women are compensated less than their male counterparts in the same positions — but also the gender gap, which occurs when there are disproportionately few women in the higher management positions. For example, women hold only 15% of board seats, but make up Read more
This story was written by member MénagèreModerne and comes from the Kitchen Goddess group in the YumSugar Community.This is a very traditional and popular cake here in Norway. It is normally made with heavy cream or milk, but I prefer to use buttermilk to make it lighter, but still get a very moist and fluffy cake. It is delicious served warm with whipped cream, caramel ice cream or vanilla Read more
This story was written by member FinnLover and comes from the Savory Sights group in the YumSugar Community. My husband and I visited Bergen's annual gingerbread city yesterday. Every year during Christmas time, children, adults, and local businesses donate homemade gingerbread houses to create what is supposedly the largest gingerbread city in the world. It is hosted in a huge tent in the city Read more
According to an annual report by the United Nations, Norway is the most desirable country in the world in which to live, followed by Australia and Iceland. The United States ranks 13th in the study, while the UK ranks 21st. The worst places in the world to live are Niger, Afghanistan, and Sierra Leone. The study based its findings on criteria including literacy rates, school enrollment, country Read more
I'm still dreaming about a Summer home on a fjord. The remote, rugged beauty of the Norwegian fjords is so stunning. What better complement to the landscape than the sleek, modern designs of Saunders Architecture. Take this home, for example. Split in two halves, the home opens up to form an outdoor room, while each building's roof extends to shelter the owners from Summer rains. Part of my Read more
While this is technically more of a room than a house, I'm still lusting over this remote, woodsy Norway Summer getaway. Part of its appeal is the location, of course. Situated on the 170-kilometer-long Hardanger Fjord, this area abounds in insanely beautiful landscapes, with waterfalls, glaciers, gardens, fields, and mountains to choose from. I can just imagine filling long Summer evenings with Read more
The two-day culinary Olympics, known as the Bocuse d'Or, took place yesterday and today in Lyon, France. A 28-year-old chef, Geir Skeie, from Norway won the competition. There was much hope in the food industry that the American competitor, Timothy Hollingsworth, would win. However, Hollingsworth didn't even place. A Swedish chef took home the silver, while the French chef walked away with the Read more
In case you haven't noticed, I am fanatical about sandwiches, which is why I thought I'd died and gone to heaven when I came across the pictures that FinnLover posted in Twinkle's Kitchen Goddess group of smørbrød: Scandinavian open-faced sandwiches. Norwegian for "butter bread," these smørbrød sandwiches are everywhere in her current home of Bergen, Norway. "People eat them for breakfast, Read more
Depending on how much you like seafood, fresh-fish markets can be near paradise or unpleasantly stinky. Since I love just about any kind of ocean bounty, especially when it's fresh, I'm drooling over the photos of the Bergen, Norway, fish market that FinnLover recently posted in my Savory Sights group. This was FinnLover's first visit to her new hometown fish market, which features live fish, Read more
The birthplace of the Ikea flat-pack also finds itself home to some pretty controversial ads. Unlike its Scandinavian neighbors, Sweden does not ban advertisements insulting to women. Considering advertising a form of free speech, Sweden allows sexist images — such as nurse lying on a bed with male underpants covering her face. Such an ad, showing a woman in a demeaning position, would be Read more
