Spring-time is the season of flowers. It is a wonderful sight when purple patches of sweet little violets appear. What is even more wonderful is that you can bring them into your kitchen by making these lovely old-fashioned Violet Shortbread Cookies in this charming recipe. Violet shortbread cookies are a new spring favorite. The result …
Dear Friends, every time you feel like having something extra for your fika-time, the most rewarding thing to do is to bake it yourself. Baking should not be hard and complicated, it should be fun and boost your self-confidence, like this delightful Swedish Sponge Cake. At first glance, it might seem like a plain boring …
A Guide on How Swedes do their fika and how Swedish Fika is a mindful tradition that holds the key to a joyful hygge lifestyle. Scandinavians are known for their way of living a mindful life, a “hygge sort of life”. In Sweden, the foundation behind it is called FIKA (pronounced: fee-ka). It’s something every …
Have you ever seen one of those tiny libraries, no bigger than a doll house? They are popping up everywhere nowadays. You take one book, and leave one book, they are truly fascinating concept of sharing literature. We have seen them in my home-country, Sweden, as well as here and there in America on our …
