In Scandinavia the whole period of Christmas from the first Sunday in Advent to New Years Day is marked by festivals & celebrated in traditional but beautifully contemporary style. Hygge the Danish word for cosiness is about being inside with candles great comfort food & lots of cakes & sweets. The first week of December is baking week
- enough has to be made to last the whole Christmas period. Jars of decorated cookies gingerbread houses & clogs filled with little presents rub shoulders with simple wreaths trees & tables decorated with white candles & fresh greenery
- the perfect mix of ancient & modern. Brunches cocktail & tea parties lunches & dinners are celebrated with a mixture of traditional goodies & delicious modern recipes. Duck & pork rule on Christmas Eve fish ham & seasonal vegetables on Christmas Day. Sweets biscuits puddings & other treats abound
- all washed down with gluwein & fruity cocktails. In this glorious book illustrated with Lars Raneks evocative photographs Trine Hahnemann provides a cornucopia of 70 Christmas recipes
- all featuring ingredients which are common to all northern climes
- showing us how we too can decorate our homes & make delicious dishes to celebrate Christmas the Scandinavian way.