The Brits have Cheddar, the French have Comté and the Swedes have Västerbotten: a good, hardy, flavoursome cheese that can be cooked with or eaten as is. Västerbotten is an area in the north of Sweden; the cheese is renowned throughout the country and almost everyone has a [...]

The Khoollect Studio has been used for a whole bunch of exciting projects recently. I love seeing it being used in such a creative way – it’s really everything I dreamed of when planning the layout and design of the place. From YouTube videos to cooking demonstrations, [...]

These tennis-ball-sized potato dumplings are the Björn Borg of the dumpling world. They are old-school champions, and can be boiled or fried, filled or unfilled (and differ in other ways, depending on which regional variety you make: Smålandska dumplings sink when they are [...]

If you enjoyed making my apple and cheese Swedish buns – or bullar – and have some extra dough in the bowl, here’s a sweet variation to tickle your fancy: Cloudberry & Chocolate Hazelnut Buns Makes 12 buns Preparation time: 30 minutes Proving time: 6 hours or [...]

After spending countless bus journeys and trips to Heathrow on my favourite app, DuoLingo, I picked up my firsts tidbits of conversational Swedish. One of the first words I learnt was bullar, or buns. Luckily for my language skills (and my appetite!) buns are extremely [...]

~ This post is sponsored by Joule Sous Vide machine by ChefSteps ~ If you’ve been following me for a while then you’ll already know that I have a soft spot for clever technology, particularly when it makes life easier at home (smart lights, heating, smoke alarms, [...]

Some of the lads from Sorted popped over to the Khoollect Studio in London recently to attempt to make my Stewed Spinach Eggs recipe from my new cookbook, The Little Swedish Kitchen. To make their task just that little bit harder I gave them the Swedish language version of [...]

Pyttipanna (which translates as ‘small bits in a pan’) feels like the Swedish answer to nasi goreng (the South East Asian dish of fried rice with a fried egg on top). Typically comprising onions, potatoes, minced meat, beetroot and a fried egg, pyttipanna is a dish that is [...]

Swedish dishes often mix flavours and textures that quite simply translate into the ultimate plate of comfort food, and this creamy egg sauce with a perfectly cooked piece of cod happens to be one of them. The sauce is reminiscent of something you might have on a cold day, [...]

I’m counting down the days til my trip to Tokyo in September and my schedule is filling up fast. You might recall earlier this month I announced a special lunch event at La Brasserie, Institute Francais du Jappon? Well, now you can also catch me for a talk and book [...]