Food and recipes

«I used to say that I don't have a recipe for anything, I just make things. When I started to keep house, after I had the kids, I used to bake a lot. You know, with that young chef, there had to be a lot of bread.»

Oliva Helene Nilsen, Manndalen

From the book Seven varieties - stories from the kitchen counter, Reni Jasinski Wright

Food and recipes

Magda lager kake

Magda makes a cake

Northern peoples

- Here it says «A cake». That's probably the biscuit. I didn't know what to call them when I wrote this recipe, so I called them «A cake». Meet Magna Helene Anderesen who makes biscuits.

Bjørg lager Rognbollesuppe / Guohpparmális

Bjørg makes Rognbollesuppe / Guohpparmális

Northern peoples

- "People used to be creative, mixing meat with roe to give it flavour and make it edible. There wasn't the abundance we have today," says Bjørg Eline Fossli from Manndalen. Here is her recipe for roe ball soup.