tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-68981517590745545382024-02-07T05:17:51.019+01:00Corpus Bon Vivantbon appétit - bon voyage - bon courageLaurel Williamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12786061489224268621noreply@blogger.comBlogger55125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6898151759074554538.post-15433904397062058742009-10-17T20:44:00.001+02:002009-12-17T08:56:24.177+01:00Early Autumn Ramble on KullabergLaurel Williamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12786061489224268621noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6898151759074554538.post-76546781952847259642009-10-10T21:01:00.014+02:002009-11-25T22:42:45.932+01:00Gourmet's Brown Butter Cookiesor: The day that Gourmet diedThe demise of Gourmet Magazine with the October 2009 issue is a sad event in foodie history. So in honor of Gourmet's 67 years of good food, I made my favorite cookie from Gourmet's own list: Gourmet's Favorite Cookies 1941-2008I love shortbread-style cookies more than any other kind of cookie out there. They are quick, easy, and melt-in-your-mouth buttery and in thisLaurel Williamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12786061489224268621noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6898151759074554538.post-63597789930630392292009-09-17T19:55:00.003+02:002009-12-17T08:07:11.336+01:00The Ballad of the Merry Ferry of HelsingborgLaurel Williamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12786061489224268621noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6898151759074554538.post-31803441737283308402009-07-20T22:06:00.004+02:002009-12-17T10:12:03.383+01:00Möllebacken's "Waffleworks" in HelsingborgLaurel Williamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12786061489224268621noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6898151759074554538.post-53668824112507100522009-07-12T21:57:00.001+02:002009-12-17T09:59:16.730+01:00Picking Wild Blueberries at SvanshallLaurel Williamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12786061489224268621noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6898151759074554538.post-11021502218797516752009-07-10T21:52:00.000+02:002009-12-17T09:53:52.998+01:00Self-Practioning Yoga DogLaurel Williamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12786061489224268621noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6898151759074554538.post-64056676098112782932009-05-30T21:45:00.001+02:002009-12-17T09:47:00.973+01:00The Green-Eyed CatLaurel Williamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12786061489224268621noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6898151759074554538.post-82533837030174430502009-04-30T13:38:00.008+02:002009-10-27T22:06:40.134+01:00Never use shampoo againI have not washed my hair in over a year. At least, not the way most of us would consider 'washed' i.e. with shampoo and conditioner. I have also long since tossed out or given away all of my formerly 'absolutely necessary' face and body washing, moisturizing and primping products – lotions, creams, gels, oils, lip gloss – everything. I am, like we all are I suppose, a little vain. So this was Laurel Williamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12786061489224268621noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6898151759074554538.post-50043607090917604712009-04-08T21:39:00.000+02:002009-12-17T09:41:22.102+01:00April Sunset on the Helsingborg BoardwalkLaurel Williamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12786061489224268621noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6898151759074554538.post-4853973678509254732009-03-31T07:00:00.000+02:002009-12-17T09:02:12.779+01:00Happy Birthday to Me!Laurel Williamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12786061489224268621noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6898151759074554538.post-59594705944931930352009-01-29T18:17:00.005+01:002009-12-17T08:59:18.019+01:00Daring Bakers: Something LightThis month's challenge is brought to us by Karen of Bake My Day and Zorra of 1x umruehren bitte aka Kochtopf. They have chosen Tuiles from The Chocolate Book by Angélique Schmeink and Nougatine and Chocolate Tuiles from Michel Roux.My Tuiles are 100% organic and I filled them with homemade chocolate cream and lemon curd cream. The chocolate turned out better. The sweet lemon curd with the sweet Laurel Williamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12786061489224268621noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6898151759074554538.post-83222787558416767322009-01-17T21:30:00.000+01:002009-12-17T09:33:50.603+01:00Brunch! Double-baked Gruyère SoufflésLaurel Williamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12786061489224268621noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6898151759074554538.post-1345291245922996322009-01-09T19:13:00.005+01:002009-01-10T13:01:01.792+01:00Twelfth Night or What You WillWould the play by any other name be as sweet? How about 'The Thirteenth Day'? Here in Sweden there is no such thing as Twelfth Night. There is instead a Thirteenth Day. And the Thirteenth Day Eve is the night of fancy balls at the fancy castles and hotel ballrooms around the country.And it isn't until a little day they call 'the twentieth knut' (Jan. 13th, twenty days after Christmas and the nameLaurel Williamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12786061489224268621noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6898151759074554538.post-15744670842432840082009-01-07T21:28:00.001+01:002009-12-17T09:30:05.699+01:00Wonderful Snail Mail TodayLaurel Williamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12786061489224268621noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6898151759074554538.post-59884794275187200482009-01-01T20:49:00.011+01:002009-01-02T00:41:11.424+01:00Ring Out, Wild Bells: A Curiously English New Year's Eve Tradition in Sweden"Ring Out, Wild Bells" by Alfred, Lord Tennyson is the perfect new year's eve verse and in 1890 Edvard Fredin, an actor, critic and translator from Stockholm, translated it to Swedish. For over a hundred years now it has been read aloud at the stroke of midnight for the New Year's revelers at Skansen Park in Stockholm, above the din of the fireworks. Here are both versions. Bonne Année!Ring Out, Laurel Williamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12786061489224268621noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6898151759074554538.post-7639744267958866312008-12-21T12:53:00.006+01:002008-12-21T13:05:47.303+01:00Christmas at SofieroLaurel Williamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12786061489224268621noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6898151759074554538.post-3662802216582960522008-11-29T12:13:00.002+01:002008-12-03T09:46:55.355+01:00Daring Bakers November: Caramel CakeOh! Caramel Cake! Allow me to introduce you to November's daring baker challenge - Caramel Cake with Caramelized Butter Frosting. In my variation I used only organic ingredients, replaced 1/4 of the flour with dark cocoa and about 1/2 the water in the caramel syrup with whisky. And when it came to the carmelized butter frosting I had to skip the powdered sugar - I have never learned to like Laurel Williamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12786061489224268621noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6898151759074554538.post-37823772873546450422008-11-23T10:45:00.016+01:002008-11-30T10:56:24.900+01:00Novembre d'une bonne vivanteCompared to the predominately evergreen forests of my childhood in the Pacific Northwest, the colorful, falling leaves of beeches, oaks and birches are fairy dust, enchanting my autumns in Southern Sweden.Autumn is passing leisurely this year. The leaves were mostly allowed to remain in peace on their branches for the whole spectrum of color change and then make soft, dry heaps under their very Laurel Williamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12786061489224268621noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6898151759074554538.post-92101974579104159652008-10-29T22:10:00.001+01:002008-10-31T00:23:53.742+01:00Daring Bakers Debut: Organic PizzasI made my Daring Bakers debut this month with these authentic, home-tossed organic pizzas topped with homemade tomato and oregano sauce, cherry tomatoes, feta cheese, fresh basil from my windowsill and savory bits of locally raised, cold-smoked Linderöd pork tenderloin.This recipe (from Peter Reinhart's "The Bread Baker’s Apprentice") is much easier than I expected it to be and the crust turned Laurel Williamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12786061489224268621noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6898151759074554538.post-41512630695860256632008-10-19T15:34:00.024+02:002008-10-23T23:09:48.969+02:00The Living Museum Farm at FredriksdalI spent last Sunday afternoon tagging along with Bo Dahlgren, head of the living farm at Fredriksdal's Museums & Gardens here in Helsingborg and continued discovering how lucky I am to have a working farm barely two kilometers from my front door (especially nice since I am participating in the Eat Local Challenge).The Fredriksdal farm is also smack in the middle of Helsingborg, putting it a Laurel Williamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12786061489224268621noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6898151759074554538.post-50006513262411765082008-10-15T09:46:00.014+02:002008-10-15T11:50:44.895+02:00Understanding true wealth eradicates povertyWhen do you feel richest? Laughing with friends, kissing your child goodnight, walking in the sunshine, building a life with your soul mate, enjoying a meal cooked with love, singing in the rain, dancing in the grass, kicking up leaves, and just being alive ... it is all about love. And love is F-R-E-E.I believe that living well entails much more than indulging in epicurean pleasures. You cannotLaurel Williamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12786061489224268621noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6898151759074554538.post-38775919095191492632008-10-12T20:58:00.003+02:002008-10-12T21:33:54.094+02:00Organic Roasted Vegetable BisqueI made this for an organic potluck on Friday night and was warmly welcomed when I arrived with my giant pot, steaming with delicious aromas.Start by peeling and roughly chopping carrots, red bell peppers, red onions and a big chunk of a pink banana pumpkin or butternut squash. Drizzle with olive oil and wine and roast while you prepare the rest.In a huge pot, brown chopped shallots and garlic Laurel Williamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12786061489224268621noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6898151759074554538.post-6368789381271557952008-10-11T19:37:00.006+02:002008-10-13T11:18:57.061+02:00Gala Dinner by Gastronomy Studio Era 10:3Thursday was a big gala night in Helsingborg and I was so thrilled to find that the whole dinner showcased organic and local food.The talented Tobias och Ulrica Millqvist of Gastronomy Studio Era 10:3 pulled it off brilliantly, no suprise considering that Tobias captured the silver in Sweden's National Chef of the Year Championship last year and made it into the top six as a finalist this year. Laurel Williamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12786061489224268621noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6898151759074554538.post-36699040361919356522008-10-11T19:01:00.003+02:002008-10-14T10:15:35.145+02:00Organic Caramelized Pear & Camembert SaladThis is one of those delightful 'warm' salads I discovered on a lazy weekend when I couldn't be bothered to go shopping. I had a peck of organic pears from my Årstiderna's delivery on Thursday and a lonely little round of organic camembert in the refrigerator. I googled "pear and camembert" to learn from those who have gone before me if there was something more interesting to do with them than Laurel Williamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12786061489224268621noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6898151759074554538.post-78169879154223136652008-10-04T20:05:00.011+02:002008-10-13T00:04:34.840+02:00Hot Air Ballooning: Exhilarating and Ecofriendly?Here I am running towards what could be my first hot air balloon flight ever. At this moment I have yet to decide if I am going to jump into that ridiculous little basket and let myself be whisked up and away somewhere over the rainbow or not.Hot air ballooning has always appealed to me in theory: rising majestically in a fire-breathing, rainbow chariot over vineyards and verdant hillsides until Laurel Williamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12786061489224268621noreply@blogger.com0