Scandinavian Comfort Food: Embracing the Art of Hygge

The Scandinavians excel at comfort-- family, friends, a good atmosphere, long meals, relaxation, and an emphasis on the simple pleasures. They even have a word for this kind of coziness that comes with spending quality time in hearth and home when the days are short: "hygge". Trine Hahnemann is the doyenne of Scandinavian cooking, and loves nothing more than spending time in her kitchen cooking up comforting food in good company. This is her collection of recipes that will warm you up and teach you to embrace the art of hygge, no matter where you live.

A chef and food writer, Trine Hahnemann is an enthusiastic advocate for sustainable solutions, organic sourcing, and food cooked with love. With her great knowledge of Danish food and food culture, she writes for and appears regularly in the media in America and Britian. Trine has written ten cookbooks in her native Danish and four in English: Scandinavian Baking, The Scandinavian Cookbook, Scandinavian Christmas, and The Nordic Diet/em>.