His story is about tragedy and triumph, talent and love. Marcus Samuelsson’s history, charisma and culinary passion capture hearts. His global approach to Scandinavian cooking charms palates. The ...

Here is the complete procedure for preparing Gravlax Salmon, a traditional Scandinavian recipe that has delighted palates all over the world. It is a salmon marinated in the fridge with dill and pink ...

Look on any delicatessen menu and you’ll likely see gravlax listed among the Norwegian smoked salmon and belly lox. But unlike its smokier and fattier cousins, gravlax is made by an entirely different ...

Gravlax means grave salmon. Not grave as in serious, grave as in hole. Once, the Scandinavian fisherman buried fresh salmon in sand, letting salt and time cure it. Much like Sweden’s soured herring, ...

Better known as a metaphor than a meal these days, smorgasbord still sums up Swedish cuisine for many people. The literal meaning of the word is "buttered-bread table", although the modern Swedish ...

In the mid 1980s, at the end of a two-month trip that took us, with our 5-year-old son, through Asia and Russia, we stopped in Sweden on our way home. We had been living in Singapore for two years, ...

Gravlax and aquavit are a can't-miss combination that gives cooks at every level a chance to stretch their skills and please their palates. And, maybe because of the pair's Scandinavian origins, ...

Like many in our region, my grandfather, Don Mathison, was 100 percent Norwegian and proud of it. For years, our family's Christmas Eve buffet has included Norwegian specialties like lefse, pickled ...

Welcome to Part 2 of the Gravlax Project, an effort to dine on any and all of the gravlax we can find across the Twin Cities and document what we find. We began at Public Kitchen in St. Paul, and for ...

A well-appointed smorgasbord includes Swedish gravlax, prepared by curing salmon or other fish with salt and sugar. Purchase gravlax from a reputable supplier, preferably one who will allow you to ...