Kitchen of Light: New Scandinavian Cooking With Andreas Viestad

Andreas Viestad is Norway's premier food columnist, a gifted cook, and a charming ambassador from the Land of the Midnight Sun. In KITCHEN OF LIGHT he introduces us to his Norway-taking us fishing for cod, halibut, and salmon; gathering chanterelles, porcini, and wild berries; offering recipes that emphasize simple, fresh, and natural ingredients, whose flavors need little embellishment to create elegant and impressive dishes. Through a variety of personal anecdotes and flavorful recipes, Viestad shares this philosophy of nature as he shows us the best way to cure gravlaks, make our own butter, prepare a midsummer night's feast of poached salmon, even how to flambU a pork tenderloin with Scandinavia's favorite spirit-Aquavit. This inspired cookbook companion to the public television series New Scandinavian Cooking with Andreas Viestad will transport home cooks and armchair travelers alike.

Andreas Viestad is one of Norway's best-known food writers. He has a weekly food column in Norway's Dagbladet newspaper and is the host of the American public television series New Scandinavian Cooking with Andreas Viestad. He lives in Oslo, Norway. Mette Randem is a feature photographer in Norway. Her work appears regularly in Dagbladet and in various magazines and books. She has won national prizes for her work both as a feature photographer and as a food photographer