Stories

 

Stories presented here are deeply connected to people I've met on my way, places I have been and to peoples everyday life. I always aim for digging deeper, beneath the surface, and learn from the past.

 

FOOD & HARMONY

 

FOOD & HARMONY

What is Slow Food?

The Slow Food movement started in Italy in the 1980s as a protest against the fast food industry, and to support local traditions, good quality food, gastronomic pleasure and a slow pace of life.

FOOD & HARMONY

Bread - a symbol of life

Breaking bread with someone, sharing bread around a table with others, is a symbol of friendship, communication and building relationships. Bread has been an important food source to many cultures over the centuries.

FOOD & HARMONY

Buttiamo niente

«In the kitchen we don’t throw anything» says Italian chef Bruno Barbieri. Powerful words. Words that keep coming into my mind, almost every day, when I am in the kitchen.

FOOD & HARMONY

Abruzzo røde gull

I Abruzzo-regionen i Italia er høsting av det lukrative krydderet Safran en hundre år gammel tradisjon, fylt med en dyptliggende lidenskap for landet og dets historie.

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SECRETS FROM THE KITCHEN

 

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Carciofi alle Romana (Roman artichokes)

Carciofi alla Romana is a signature dish in Rome. They are cooked gently in white wine, with salt, garlic, lemon, parsley and mint. Deliciously marinated in these flavors, they are even better the day after.

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Basic sourdough bread

Are you curious about baking sourdough bread and want to begin this fantastic travel and make your own stories? This is a good start.

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Zuppa di latte (milk soup)

La zuppa di Latte is as far away from fancy smoothie bowls, chia puddings or fresh pastries from the baker you can come. It is an ancient dish, a typical example of cibo povero.

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La Pastiera Napoletana

For the past three years, it has become a must in our home for Easter: the legendary Neapolitan pastry filled with ricotta and wheat grains, with the aroma and taste of orange and lemon. Ingredients that take me back to the Mediterranean.

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Cappellacci di Francesca

The word cappellacci means hats, and Cappellacci di Zucca is pumpkin-stuffed pasta typically from the Emilia-Romagna region, north of Italy. We made the dough with nettle that we found in the garden.

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Norwegian ricotta

Summer memories and passion for traditions and local food productions started this explorations with fresh cow milk and Italian food culture.

 
 

PLACES IN MY HEART

 

MATERA, ITALY

Ancient Sassi di Matera

Sassi Di Matera has an unforgettable history. Until the mid-1950s, the inhabitants lived in caves without running water, electricity and sewage. It was a place full of poverty, malaria and a high rate of infant mortality. The city was called the shame from Italy.

SICILY, ITALY

At a slow pace in Marettimo

On the island of Marettimo, everything is moving at a slow pace. Here you have the opportunity to just enjoy being. Coming here feels like going back in time. To a time where Internet and globalization don’t exist.

PONZA, ITALY

Le stanze della Poesia

Next to the cliffs, overlooking the sea and all by itself, we find the small wine yard, Il Fieno. The place of a poet, who is also a fisherman and traveler, welcomes us with colours, poetry on the walls and traces from travels around the world.

 

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“Slow down and enjoy life. It’s not only the scenery you miss by going fast - you also miss the sense of where you are going and why.”

Eddie Cantor

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Spinach is a typical vegetable in spring time. It was first cultivated in Persia, and has been cultivated in Europe for more than thousands years. . It’s difficult to find spinach like this in Norway. Usually they come as small leaves packed in
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Stop trying to calm the storm. Calm yourself. The storm will pass. - Buddha - . . Staying calm these days with all the insecurity, loneliness, pain, and sorrows around in the world is not easy. A lot of questions, frustration, impatience.. . Looking
Staying at home means more time in the kitchen and more time to bake. For me working with a sourdough project in the kitchen is really a thing that calms my mind. I disconnect from the chaotic world for a moment and that feels great. . We can all nee
Cara Italia❤️ . . . #perugia #umbriajazz2019
This challenging time we’re in now is a time for thoughts and reflections. . It is strange how suddenly all and everything seem som far away. I am thinking of Italy and my friends there, which have had the hardest attack of the virus in Europe,
«Bread – like real love – takes time, cultivation, strong loving hands and patience. It lives, rising and growing to fruition only under the most perfect circumstances.» . . . #sourdoughbread #breadislife #olivesourdoughbread
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