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The Nordic Cookbook
Magnus Nilsson
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Description for The Nordic Cookbook
Hardcover. The Nordic Cookbook offers an unprecedented look at the rich culinary offerings of the Nordic region with 700 recipes collected by the acclaimed Swedish chef Magnus Nilsson. Num Pages: 768 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DN; WBN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 281 x 190 x 62. Weight in Grams: 2454.
The Nordic Cookbook offers an unprecedented look at the rich culinary offerings of the Nordic region with 700 recipes collected by the acclaimed Swedish chef Magnus Nilsson. The Nordic Cookbook, richly illustrated with the personal photography of internationally acclaimed chef Magnus Nilsson, unravels the mysteries of Nordic ingredients and introduces the region's culinary history and cooking techniques. Included in this beautiful book are more than 700 authentic recipes Magnus collected while travelling extensively throughout the Nordic countries - Denmark, the Faroe Islands, Finland, Greenland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden - enhanced by atmospheric photographs of ... Read moreits landscapes and people. His beautiful photographs feature in the book alongside images of the finished dishes by Erik Olsson, the photographer behind Faviken. With Magnus as a guide, everyone can prepare classic Nordic dishes and also explore new ones. The Nordic Cookbook introduces readers to the familiar (gravlax, meatballs and lingonberry jam) and the lesser-known aspects of Nordic cuisine (rose-hip soup, pork roasted with prunes, and juniper beer). Organized by food type, The Nordic Cookbook covers every type of Nordic dish including meat, fish, vegetables, breads, pastries and desserts. These recipes are achievable for home cooks of all abilities and are accompanied by narrative texts on Nordic culinary history, ingredients and techniques including smoking and home preserving. Additional essays explore classic dishes made for special occasions and key seasonal events, such as the Midsummer feast. The Nordic Cookbook joins Phaidon's national cuisine series, which includes Mexico, India, Thailand, Peru and others, and is the most comprehensive source on home cooking from the Nordic countries. Show Less
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About Magnus Nilsson
Magnus Nilsson is the head chef of Faviken Magasinet restaurant in Sweden. After training as a chef and sommelier in Sweden he worked with Pascal Barbot of L'Astrance in Paris before joining Faviken as a sommelier. Within a year he had taken over the running of the restaurant, which is currently number 19 in the San Pellegrino World's 50 Best ... Read moreRestaurants list. Magnus is the author of the Faviken cookbook, also published by Phaidon. He features in the Emmy-Award winning US PBS-TV series, The Mind of a Chef, and the Netfix docu-series, Chef's Table. In 2015 he was awarded the White Guide Global Gastronomy Award. Show Less
Reviews for The Nordic Cookbook
Featured on the Netflix documentary series Chef's Table A 2015 Best Cookbook -Saveur [A] lush, beautifully organized volume, one of the loveliest of the season thanks in no small part of Nilsson's own idiosyncratic authorial voice. -Eater [An] epic tome, which somehow manages to include ... Read morewhat seems to be the whole of traditional and modern cooking from Finland to Greenland. -New York Times Nilsson takes a deep dive into the home cooking traditions of his country... Home cooks will be pleasantly surprised by how accessible this book is. -Epicurious.com The definitive guide to Nordic cooking... A hefty volume of 768 pages that's surprisingly accessible [and] illustrates the diversity of [the] region's cuisine. -Bloomberg.com It's an absolutely essential book for anyone who delights in cooking, storytelling, culture, and history. -Departures.com The 32-year-old wunderkind [Magnus Nilsson] is modest, but with [the] release of his epic book of more than 700 recipes... He has a lot to brag about. -Vogue.com Packed with tasty, seasonal and even a few slightly unusual recipes. Scandi comfort food made simple. -Absolutely Amazingly comprehensive... The perfect tome to simply crack open to a random page and have at it. -Publishers Weekly A comprehensive look at Nordic Culture through food. -Milwaukee Journal Sentinel A celebration of culinary traditions. -Tastebook Do you know your lingonberries from your cloudberries and your glug from your gravalax? The Nordic Cookbook has all the answers. -High Life We love Magnus Nilsson... His recipes tick plenty of health boxes (high in protein, fibre and good fats), and are interspersed with beautiful photos to transport us to the land of the Vikings. -Grazia A beautiful compendium of landscapes and larder recipes. -Elle Decoration Nilsson writes beautifully... This book shows him as writer, a collator and an anthropologist... And his recipe for Swedish meatballs is fantastic. -Waitrose Weekend Not so much a cookbook as an encyclopedia of tastes from a part of the world you instantly - from page one - want to travel the length and breadth of. -The Guardian, Cook The gamut of Scandi cooking... Magisterial... You want Danish comfort eating? It's all here. -Evening Standard [A]n invaluable guide to the region's cooking, from the braised guillemot of the Faroe Islands to the taco quiche of suburban Stockholm. -Sam Sifton, The New York Times Magazine A glorious compendium of landscapes and recipes inspired by Swedish super-chef, Magnus Nilsson's travels across Scandinavia. -elledecoration.co.uk An invaluable guide to the region's cooking, from the braised guillemot of the Faroe Islands to the taco quiche of suburban Stockholm. -The New York Times Magazine Comprehensive, meticulously researched, 768-page ode to Scandinavian cuisine. -The A.V. Club I love this book. A great example of what a good regional cookbook should be. 600 recipes from the Nordic countries... Straight-forward with a strong appreciation for the simple and local... Beautiful photographs... The author carefully notes differences and similarities in recipes from the various Scandinavian countries and shares fascinating stories and memories about the recipes included. -PassionForFood Show Less