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Lussebullar & Glögg (Swedish saffran buns & Swedish mulled wine)

Glögg is a Swedish mulled wine available in pretty much every Swedish home around Christmas. The strong one for grown ups, and non-alcoholic for the children. Many Swedes like to think about glögg as something unique for Sweden or at least for the Nordic countries, but mulled wine is made

Orange barbecue chicken wings with homemade fries

I really like American style buffalo wings, drenched in spicy, sweet, sour, and smokey sauce. I really like Chinese style orange chicken (陈皮鸡). Well, to be honest it’s an American Chinese idea, found throughout New York. I really like dipping my barbecue chicken wings in blue cheese dressing. I

41 Grados, Barcelona, Spain

In January 2011, the three-Michelin-starred chef Ferran Adrià and his brother Albert Adrià, opened this small tapas bar (tapas as in “many small dishes”). Their idea was a multi-course dinner experience, with music, lights and sounds accompanying the taste buds. The result is 41° in Barcelona, and it’s amazing.

Jeyuk-bokkeum (제육 볶음), or Korean spicy stir-fried pork

Bokkeum in korean simply refers to stir-fried food. The verb form of the word is “bokkda” (볶다) which means “cooking dried ingredients over heat.” Nowadays the use of the word is not limited to dry stir-fried food, but also means stir-fried foods in thick sauce. Jeyuk-bokkeum (제육볶음) or “pork-bokkeum” (Korean

Lemon and olive oil cake

I’m not really into generic sponge cakes. They’re rarely moist, because recipes call for way too long oven times, and people tend to over bake them and/or hold back on the fat, making the cakes stale after just a couple of hours. And then there’s this

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