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Scandinavian Smorgasbord Recipes

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Scandinavian Smorgasbord Recipes, in the popular recipe-card file size Stocking Stuffer format, is chock-full of the best recipes and notes about Scandinavian food and culture. Collected by Karen Berg Douglas of Lansing, Michigan, this cookbook contains wonderful recipes as well as information on Swedish culture. Karen learned the art of Scandinavian cooking from her mother. Many of the recipes here are from her own private collection! The cover shows a reproduction of a Rosemaling painting done by Sallie Haugen DeReus of Leighton, Iowa. In addition to recipes, this book also contains information on the history of the Smorgasbord and menus for creating a feast of your own. Karen has updated the traditional Smorgasbord, which usually consisted of bread and butter and fruits, into something that would work as a feast today!

Scandinavian Smorgasbord Recipes contains a wide variety of traditional recipes that are sure to please all your guests. A Sample Smorgasbord menu includes dishes of Matjes Herring, Crusty Stuffed Bread, Finnish Squeaky Cheese, Danish Liver Paste, Oysters Helsinki. The possibilities are endless! Top off your meal with some Baked Apples with Warm Gjetost Rum Sauce or try your hand at making Scandinavian Spiced Mead Honey Wine. There are even instructions on how to create an Arctic Ice Sculpture for your dinner table!

Scandinavian Smorgasbord Recipes is excellent for personal collections and as a gift for those interested in creating a Scandinavian feast for family and friends.

For several years I have missed the presence of Smorgasbord restaurants in the NY city area. This volume has enabled me to remember and even produce many of the items that I have been craving. I am very well satisfied with the entire contents of the book.

This was not what I expected. Have used one recipe and that'll probably be it. Also most recipes are for huge groups. A waste for one person. I'll keep it though b/c it's "unique".