swedish-chefs

Emma Bengtsson is the executive chef of Aquavit, which has been open for close to 30 years in New York City’s Midtown. Bengtsson took on her current role in spring 2014 after a four-year stint as the iconic Scandinavian restaurant’s pastry chef. In October, her work garnered a second Michelin star for Aquavit, making her…

Winter dishes must come naturally to chef Magnus Nilsson. We're talking about a guy whose acclaimed restaurant, Fäviken, is situated in the often frosty highlands of Sweden, after all. Preserving things for wintertime consumption was a major theme during Nilsson's debut episode on the Emmy Award-winning PBS series, Mind Of A Chef, last month. (Watch…

If you've never celebrated Swedish Midsummer, it's a raucous, crazy holiday that traditionally involves poles, flower crowns and a big beer-heavy barbecue. Now it's mostly about the barbecue and drinking, although who could begrudge you for wearing a flower crown while partaking? In honor of this most excellent of holidays, here are 14 other reasons…

Herney ferney börk, everyone! We follow Swedish Chef news very closely, including revealing his true ethnicity to a devastated world. But don't let that sway you from believing he could best Gordon Ramsay in a Top Chef-like competition with his Scandinavian food cart, Børk Børk Førk. I won't give away who wins, but you can…

We got our hands on one of the best fish cookbooks we've encountered in recent memory, authored by two of Sweden's best-known chefs. What you'd never be able to tell from the cover is how rock-crazy these guys are — their "pairings" encourage you to listen to the White Stripes, Kiss, Smashing Pumpkins and the Beatles…

"Yorn desh born der ritt de gitt der gue! Orn desh dee born desh de um bork bork bork!" Yes, I really had to sing the whole thing. Give me my nostalgic moment, Swedish Chef was my very first culinary inspiration and I've destroyed way more food than him in my lifetime. However, according to…

My grandmother Helga was the one who taught me how to cook — traditional Swedish meatballs before anything else. The meatballs I got for school lunch were always perfectly shaped and just the right size, but never tasted as good as her lumpy, misshapen ones. I serve them at Red Rooster, where they're the most…

UPDATE: Food Republic co-founder Marcus Samuelsson featured more details about the summit and photos on his website. Yesterday, the Swedish-American Chamber of Commerce hosted the 2011 New York Green Summit, focused on sustainable eating. The summit, aptly titled “From Farm to Fork,” was divided into “five courses” of different speakers. H.R.H Prince Daniel of Sweden…

Sure, we’ve all seen the adorable Hannah Hart and her “My Drunk Kitchen.” And who can forget those sensitive, caring gentlemen behind “Epic Mealtime?” Great satire. Yes indeed-y. But what about the folks that inspired the culinary satire to begin with? You know what I’m talking about. The Swedish. Those loveable “Canadians of Europe.” So…