When it comes to Scandinavian food, I’m there. So when traveling through Portland on the way home from Bend last month, I was excited to swing by Viking Soul Food for a quick dinner on the road. I had interviewed the food truck’s Megan Walhood for an article about Nordic food forĀ The OregonianĀ a few […]
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In Search of Scandinavian Seattle: Nielsen’s Pastries
It’s no secret that I’m a Scandinavian enthusiast. With a dad who moved here from Norway in the 1950s and a mother who is just as much Norwegian, though by way of North Dakota, my Nordic roots grow deep. Several years ago, I started a Scandinavian food blog called Outside Oslo, and these days my […]
Gratulerer med dagen: It’s Syttende Mai
This morning in Seattle’s Ballard neighborhood I can only imagine the preparations that are going on. Today is Syttende Mai, or the 17th of May, Norwegian Constitution Day, and each year thousands of people come to Ballard for the festivities. Seattle hosted its first Syttende Mai festival in 1889, the same year the state of […]