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2 November 2011
Last weekend we did something very Norwegian: the Sunday hike. We took the T-bane all the way to the end stop of Frognerseteren, with the aim of hiking to Sognsvann (about 15 km). On the way there we stopped for coffee at the cabin at Skjennungstua, where–amongst the sea of Norwegians in their fancy hiking boots and colourful goretex jackets–we saw some most adorable dogs:   30 October 2011
 the wonderful bún at Lille Saigon 1 (not to be confused with their competitor Saigon Lille Cafe up the street–a splitting of ways apparently caused by some nasty divorce). but really, what could go wrong when you combine rice vermicelli, pickled carrots & daikon, fresh cucumber, fried onions, bean sprouts, peanuts, tofu fried with lemongrass, and sweet/spicy fish sauce? nothing. Lille Saigon 1 23 October 2011
 One of the highlights of my trip to Portugal was a visit to Antiga Confeitaria de Belém, considered the mecca of portuguese egg tarts. Normally you can get custard tarts in any Portuguese snack bar by asking for “pastéis de nata”, but the best ones are to be found at this bakery, served warm out of the oven, and specially called pastéis de Belém. An excellent description of this Portuguese institution/legend can be found on Leite’s Culinaria. 
14 September 2011
Only in Norway could caustic soda be advertised as something to cook your fish with (“luting” being the verb for making “lutefisk”–a dish commonly served at Christmas, no less).  good for cleaning, removing paint... and cod An apt description by a Norwegian-American named Dave Fox:
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