Well, we had another dinner party — this time, for family. We reused some ideas from the past and were a little ambitious with others, but it all turned out in the end. First course was Salmon Tartare, but instead of making the cones (seriously, that took like 4 hours to make 16), we bought [...]

Sometimes, I get a day off. Lucky for me, my husband knows how to cook too!  His inspiration for this dinner? Beer. Mmmm… Beer. The result? A Brat-and-Chicken pasta with carrots and onions in beer-mustard sauce… Yum!  Thank you, my dear

For our May anniversary dinner, we decided to make Pork Osso Buco with Citrus Gremolata and Saffron Risotto. We enjoyed a bottle of Villa di Capezzana carmignano wine with the Osso Buco, and a little Cinque Terre Monerosso Limoncino afterward. Since traditional Osso Buco is made with veal and I was using pork, I gleaned [...]

I admit: with not having a full-time job, I should be able to come up with dinner ideas on my own.  But sometimes, it doesn’t come easily.  It also doesn’t help that I’m not the best decision maker in the world.  So after 30 minutes of : Me: What do you want to eat? Henrik: [...]

In Sweden, there aren’t great Mexican restaurants right around the corner like in the US.  So we had to improvise… add a little homemade pico de gallo and guacamole…… and boring tacos turn into awesome.