Yara -- At a Table Near You |  | Whether you serve Bouillabaisse in Provence, Greek salad in Athens or cornbread pie in Texas, Yara has probably helped to make your meal a success. And if you wash it down with Coke or Perrier -- or decorate the table with flowers -- Yara may also have added a sparkle, or a touch of color, to your culinary experience. | Read more  |
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The Story of Synnøve Finden |  | Synnøve Finden (1882 - 1957) was born and grew up as one of 10 siblings on the Finden farm, located at the head of the world’s longest fjord, the Sognefjord. The mountains are steep, and the scenery is spectacular, and the only way you can get there is by boat. Even today, Finden is a roadless hamlet, and the family supports itself primarily by tourism and farming. | | Read more |
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Yara -- At a Table Near You | | Whether you serve Bouillabaisse in Provence, Greek salad in Athens or cornbread pie in Texas, Yara has probably helped to make your meal a success. And if you wash it down with Coke or Perrier -- or decorate the table with flowers -- Yara may also have added a sparkle, or a touch of color, to your culinary experience. | | Read more |
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The King of Liquor |  | This is the story about the poor boy who started to sell liquor and became one of the richest men in the country. At one point he had 70 servants, but alas, he ended up in an ordinary small town flat. | | Read more |
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King Charles XII and the Cabbage Roll |  | The great King Charles XII’s biggest achievement was not accomplished on the battlefield; it was bringing the cabbage roll to Sweden. | | Read more |
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The Crayfish Party |  | Our great grandfathers never ate crayfish. They did not like it. In a letter dated 1562 King Erik XIV wrote to the bailiff of the southern Swedish town of Nyköpingshus asking him to send as many crayfish for his sister Anna’s wedding as he could possibly catch. | | Read more |
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The Goodness of the Lamb |  | On the island of Gotland is the best lamb to be had in Sweden. The Vikings knew it, King Valdemar of Denmark knew it, but what was he doing under the skirt of the dairymaid? | | Read more |
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The Spy who Loved Strawberries |  | It took a spy, a French wonder boy and three continents to bring the strawberry to Europe. So, the next time you eat strawberries -- pay homage to the spy who loved strawberries.
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The Big Herring Party |  | The Swedish herring was eaten by slaves in the West Indies and lit up the avenues in Paris. And in Sweden they were having a ball. | | Read more |
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Eels |  | Did you know that all the eels in the world are born in the Sargasso Sea? Did you know that the eel has a particular liking for green peas? Did you know that the eel hibernates? And in the weird world of the eel -- that is not even mystical. | | Read more |
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On War and Potatoes |  | It took a European war and a genius of a countess before the potato conquered Sweden. The first person in Sweden to become familiar with the humble spud from the Andes Mountains was the brilliant Olof Rudbeck. He put the spud in his botanical garden for the first time in 1655 -- unaware, of course, that it would change the world forever. | | Read more |
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The Wild Boar |  | The King almost managed to wipe out the wild boar. But luckily, some managed to escape. This is the story about the royal Swedish pig roast. | | Read more |
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Mulled Wine |  | In Scandinavia mulled wine is still hot. The mulled wine that we drink in Sweden today became popular at the beginning of the 19th century. The tradition of adding sweetness and spices to wine, however, goes way back in history. | | Read more |
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