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• Viestad, Andreas

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 ways to cure gravlaks, make our own butter, prepare a midsummer night's feast of poached salmon, even how to flambe a pork tenderloin with Scandinavia's favorite spirit--Aquavit.

This inspired cookbook, being published to coincide with the public television series New Scandinavian Cooking with Andreas Viestad, will transport home cooks and armchair travelers alike.