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Swedish cardamom buns

The kardemummabulle (Swedish cardamom buns) is as important to Swedes as the kanelbulle (Swedish cinnamon bun). All Swedes eat cake and drink coffee or tea. The event of doing this is called “fika”, and is done at least once a day. If you’re lucky, you might be invited to

Beer bread sandwich Cubano style

There are tons of recipes for Cubano sandwiches. For those who are not familiar with it, it’s basically a pork shoulder sandwich with mayo and pickles served in Florida. There’s nothing traditional about my version, but I’m sure you like it. It mixes flavors from all kind

Snow cap cookies deluxe

These snow cap cookies are special in many ways. First, it’s not really a cookie in the crispy or chewy sense. It’s rather a small cake with a sugar crust around it and a mud cake like texture inside. Second, it can be prepared days in advance and

Crispy noodle coated chicken

Have you ever been to KFC, hating the idea of eating at a chain, and then realizing that the chicken is actually quite good? I will argue that the key to a good fried chicken is juicy chicken and crispy coating. I will make just that, juicy chicken and crispy

Swedish pyttipanna

All countries have recipes that are based on leftovers. Italians have their frittata, Koreans have their bibimbap, the French make pain perdu (knows as French toast in the English speaking world), and Swedes have pyttipanna. Nowadays there are a lot of different brands and varieties of Swedish pyttipanna in the

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