02 Oct 2015 2 Comments
in Humor, Recipes Tags: Andreas Viestad, Baja, cooking, humor, New Scandinavian Cooking, Norway, sandwiches, shrimp, Topanga
It was a lazy Sunday afternoon, I was looking in vain for the Dodgers game on cable, and stumbled across “New Scandinavian Cooking” with Andreas Viestad.
Andreas Viestad fixing to smoke some trout in the mountains of Norway
It’s one of my favorite PBS cooking shows, and it was just beginning.
“Dad!” 5-year-old Imogen said as we wandered into the bedroom, “Is that a cooking show!??” More
12 Aug 2012 7 Comments
in Recipes Tags: Andreas Viestad, arctic, blackberries, cloudberries, Multekrem, New Scandinavian Cooking, Norway, Norwegian cuisine, Washington
I have a dour Norwegian pal from the North Pole named, coincidentally, Pål. (Pronounced “Paul”.) He’s about 7 feet tall and I knew him sometime before I ever saw him smile. He’s actually got a good sense of humor, and will laugh heartily when you get him going. But he’s just as likely to get teary telling you about the time back home when they watched a reindeer dying outside the living room window.
I had Pål and his now ex-wife (from Ireland) over for dinner one time. I can’t remember what I cooked — hopefully I didn’t try to be clever and make him Norwegian food (“You ever had lutefisk like that before, Pål!??”) When we have guests for dinner and they ask what they can bring, I’ll often suggest dessert — it’s not my favorite dish to prepare and that’s one less thing I have to think about. I will never forget what Pål brought us for dessert. More
skinny girls & mayonnaise 