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GRILLED APPLE PIE
If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting! Fancy a delicious dessert? Maybe a super simple traditional apple pie with a BBQ twist? This recipe is really easy and fun – if you are in grilling-mode. We did this all the time last summer and I have [...]
CHEF VS. SHARK
The Chef flew off to the mighty Bahamas on Sunday afternoon and arrived some 22 hours later. It is a long journey – specially for a family that is currently residing in two country’s. Nevertheless it´s a minor discomfort to say the least. The only real problem is the time difference (-5 hours) and the [...]
HOW TO MAKE GREAT AIRPLANE FOOD
Airplane food it one of the greater challenges a chef faces in his professional life. That being said, the Chef (and I – as his personal adviser) are in the midst of creating a new menu for Icelandair. The challenge is huge one. Icelandair is known for their excellent service and quality and the ones [...]
COD BRANDADE
Last night we came back home from Frankfurt. The Chef did his job quite well and over all the whole Book Fair – specially the Icelandic Hall – was a huge success. To make a long story short the Frankfurt Book Fair is the biggest Book Fair in the world – with over 300.000 visitors.
GETTING READY FOR FRANKFURT
The last few days have been hectic to say the least. Volli has been preparing everything that he needed for the Frankfurt Book Fair opening party tomorrow. The food was shipped from Iceland and we are talking some 500 kilos (or 1200 lbs.). That´s quite a bit of salmon, shrimp and smoked meat …
INTERNATIONAL MAN OF MYSTERY
I know this title sounds very exotic and yes… I´m referring to the Chef. So he´s off again to the Bahamas, via New York and Miami (I think…) and returning in ten days – only to go to Frankfurt where he´s hosting a party for 1000 people at the opening …
Hello again…
Well what do you know – we´re alive and kicking although I´ve been busy doing pretty much everything else besides blogging. I apologize but we truly are alive and well – and incredibly busy doing super exciting things.
THE LAND OF FIRE AND ICE – LITERALLY
Greetings everyone. I do hope I find you well and happy. I have a few announcements – yes don´t I always… First off – we have migrated back to Iceland for the summer or possibly longer. Volli will fly back and forth but I´m thinking of staying a while with the kids. Many reasons and all of them good.
THINGS ARE MOVING AND SHAKING!
Hello you wonderful foodies out there. I´m so excited that I might burst (it´s either excitement or greed – or both). For the last two days we’ve been super busy shooting the new videos. The theme – as I’ve mentioned before – is BBQ and so far we’ve shot some amazing dishes.
THE HIATUS IS OVER!
For the past month or so Volli has been extremely absent. He has been cooped up inside his office writing recipes like there´s no tomorrow. Me and the kids have seen him briefly in the mornings – for about 7 minutes and maybe if we´re really lucky he´ll come home for dinner for half an hour or so.
SILVER OF THE SEA – THE DEADLINE APPROACHES
The weekend passed quietly but here the madness was ongoing. We are slowly approaching our deadline for the new book and we are working our butt’s off. We were supposed to be finished (isn’t it always like that) but there are always some last minute details. The book is quite amazing I have to say (and I’m allowed to brag because even though I would love to take some credit for the book it is solely Volli´s idea).
Back in the Bahamas
Volli came home yesterday and I think without a doubt that the one happiest to have him back was our son Baldvin. He had been talking about his homecoming for days and literally counting the minutes. Unfortunately Volli made the mistake of entering the house holding his present in his hand: a really cool pirate ship that was sure to be a hit.
Apologizes and the Rhubarb Granita
I apologize for my long absence (and I know that in cyber-world it´s the biggest NO-NO of them all). I´ve been busy working on the website – or pretending to by shopping around for something fresh and new…
The Icelandic Chef heads home
As it gets warmer here in the Bahamas we start packing. Well – not we but Volli and his parents which are all headed to Iceland. Volli is going back to cook at a function on Saturday. It´s the gala dinner for the Chef´s Club – which is one of those prestigious old clubs that [...]
Hong Kong – how cool is that!
We just found out the other day (yes, it seems strange doesn’t it) that Volli´s show, Delicious Iceland, is being aired in Hong Kong. I literally got goose bumps when I heard. Hong Kong – I mean WOW! So I see that we’ve been getting a lot of traffic from there and I can’t tell [...]
