Featured on the Netflix documentary series Chef's Table "A 2015 Best Cookbook"--Saveur "[A] lush, beautifully organized volume, one of the loveliest of the season thanks in no small part of Nilsson's own idiosyncratic authorial voice."--Eater "[An] epic tome, which somehow manages to include what seems to be the whole of traditional and modern cooking from Finland to Greenland." --New York Times "Nilsson takes a deep dive into the home cooking traditions of his country. Home cooks will be pleasantly surprised by how accessible this book is." --Epicurious.com "The definitive guide to Nordic cooking. A hefty volume of 768 pages that's surprisingly accessible [and] illustrates the diversity of [the] region's cuisine." --Bloomberg.
com "It's an absolutely essential book for anyone who delights in cooking, storytelling, culture, and history." --Departures.com "The 32-year-old wunderkind [Magnus Nilsson] is modest, but with [the] release of his epic book of more than 700 recipes. He has a lot to brag about." --Vogue.com "Packed with tasty, seasonal and even a few slightly unusual recipes. Scandi comfort food made simple." --Absolutely "Amazingly comprehensive.
The perfect tome to simply crack open to a random page and have at it." --Publishers Weekly "A comprehensive look at Nordic Culture through food." --Milwaukee Journal Sentinel "A celebration of culinary traditions." --Tastebook "Do you know your lingonberries from your cloudberries and your glug from your gravalax? The Nordic Cookbookhas all the answers." --High Life "We love Magnus Nilsson. His recipes tick plenty of health boxes (high in protein, fibre and good fats), and are interspersed with beautiful photos to transport us to the land of the Vikings." --Grazia "A beautiful compendium of landscapes and larder recipes." --Elle Decoration "Nilsson writes beautifully.
This book shows him as writer, a collator and an anthropologist. And his recipe for Swedish meatballs is fantastic." --Waitrose Weekend "Not so much a cookbook as an encyclopedia of tastes from a part of the world you instantly - from page one - want to travel the length and breadth of." --The Guardian, Cook "The gamut of Scandi cooking. Magisterial. You want Danish comfort eating? It's all here." --Evening Standard "[A]n invaluable guide to the region's cooking, from the braised guillemot of the Faroe Islands to the taco quiche of suburban Stockholm." --Sam Sifton, The New York Times Magazine "A glorious compendium of landscapes and recipes inspired by Swedish super-chef, Magnus Nilsson's travels across Scandinavia.
" --elledecoration.co.uk "An invaluable guide to the region's cooking, from the braised guillemot of the Faroe Islands to the taco quiche of suburban Stockholm." --The New York Times Magazine "Comprehensive, meticulously researched, 768-page ode to Scandinavian cuisine."--The A.V. Club "I love this book. A great example of what a good regional cookbook should be.
600 recipes from the Nordic countries. Straight-forward with a strong appreciation for the simple and local. Beautiful photographs. The author carefully notes differences and similarities in recipes from the various Scandinavian countries and shares fascinating stories and memories about the recipes included." --PassionForFood.