A Brief History of the Fastelavnsbolle
Today, we wanted to take you through a brief history of the Nordic fastelavnsbolle, which you may see popping up all over bakeries and your social media feed this January and February.
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Today, we wanted to take you through a brief history of the Nordic fastelavnsbolle, which you may see popping up all over bakeries and your social media feed this January and February.
The Danish Queen, Margrethe II, who had reigned for 52 years, abdicated in her New Year’s speech on December 31st, and officially handed over her crown a few days ago, on January 14th.
What better way to start the new year than with a countdown of our most popular recipes in 2023? Of course, these weren’t all posted in 2023, but they were the most viewed on the blog.
Welcome to our first blog post of 2024! Another year has passed us by, and this will be Skandibaking’s fourth year, which is absolutely crazy to us. We wanted to give you a recap of the Christmas just gone, especially because we couldn’t spend it together in the same place this year.
It’s especially cold and dark in December in the Scandinavian countries, so we need as many holiday traditions as possible to cheer us up and push us through to spring. If you’re in need of some inspiration this holiday season, read on, and I’ll tell you how you can have your own Scandi-inspired Christmas and New Year’s!
What do Scandinavians love to eat at Christmastime? That’s the topic of today’s post. As we get deeper into December, I thought this would be a fun topic to tackle, so I’m going to share with you 3 different baked goods from each of the 3 Scandinavian countries!
Thanksgiving for us is a time between Halloween and Christmas to gather with our family and eat classic American Thanksgiving food, like turkey and pumpkin pie.
In today’s blog post, I (Emma) wanted to take you on a little food tour of Switzerland. Why? Well, I was just there last weekend!
Fun fact for you to start off this post – we used to live in Greece! We decided to head back for two weeks to visit some of our favorite places, eat lots of delicious food, and see old friends.
Check out some of our summer time favorites, from visiting new restaurants, to new decor, dog toys, and more!