The Scandinavian Cookbook

by Trina Hahnemann

Trina Hahnemann's offering, The Scandinavian Cookbook , brings the essence of Scandinavia to life and to the table. Lars Ranek's food and landscape photography is just as remarkable as Trina's seasonal recipes.

Trina offers a modern twist on Scandinavia's traditions with wholesome and mouthwatering dishes organized by the calendar month. Her progressive take on taste celebrates the region's rich traditions of family meals and festivals, as well as its robust seasons, with simple recipes made from healthy and timely ingredients.

We get a sampling of the seasons with delicious recipes for an entire year's worth of fabulous and easy-to-prepare main courses, sides, desserts, and more. From Swedish Christmas Ham, Skagen Fish Soup, Salmon Burgers, and Kartoffelkage, to yummy Layer Cake with Strawberries and traditional Crisp Vanilla Danish Butter Cookies, readers will quickly discover that Scandinavian cooking is always in season.

Scandinavia may be a small region, but when it comes to food, its influence and impact are big.

Taste the traditions and the seasons.

* Cooks will enjoy 340 rich and evocative four-color photographs by Lars Ranek, who uniquely showcases the beauty he finds in the food and culture of Scandinavia.

Genres: Cookbooks, Food, Cooking, Nonfiction

224 pages, Hardcover

First published August 1, 2008

About the author

Actual first name is Trine, see Trine Hahnemann , but some books were published under Trina.

Reviews

[Juli Anna · Rating 3 out of 5]

Very pretty, but not as exciting as some other Scandi cookbooks.

[Nikki · Rating 5 out of 5]

This gorgeous cookbook delights in every way. I had no idea what wonderful food they had in Scandinavia but I am hooked (just got my second cookbook, the Scandinavian Kitchen).

Most of the recipes are simple (even the breads aren't complicated) and if you love smørrebrød there are quite a few of those recipes too.

They love their salmon here and have many unique and wonderful ways to serve it. The food photography is exquisite. Not only did I want to start making and eating this food I wanted to go to Sweden in the gorgeous summer and see this incredible country.

This book has everything so you can create a true smorgasbord. I will add to this review once I've created some of the recipes.

[Heather · Rating 4 out of 5]

This cookbook is too beautiful to keep hidden in the kitchen. Not only are there fabulous pics of the food but also amazingly beautiful pics of Scandinavia. The author has organized the recipes by season when foods can be found at their freshest and locally. She also includes wonderful personal paragraphs about each recipe, giving you an insight into Scandinavian traditions. While the raw fish, pickled herring and roe recipes are not exaclty delightful sounding to me, I think they make lovely photographs ;) More appealing to me are the desserts and simple summer salads. Good stuff!

[Laura · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great photography, nice blurbs about the recipes, and loads of recipes I'd like to try. I like the fact it is divided into months of the year with corresponding photos. Looking at the plates, I realize we Americans need to learn lots about portion size.

My only concern--some of these recipes have a large yield (I could easy see myself overlooking it and making enough for 12).

[Grace Wing-Yuan Toy 蔡詠恩 · Rating 4 out of 5]

Currently reading the Advanced Copy Edition (via LibraryThing Early Reviewers).

[Jeff Bloomquist · Rating 3 out of 5]

Learning to cook like the Finns!

[Malauna]

The first recipe is for "Homemade Danish pastries"!

[Jessica · Rating 5 out of 5]

beautiful dishes, gorgeous photos, very much gives the feel of being in the scandi countries.

[Sarah · Rating 4 out of 5]

so inspiring