SCANDINAVIAN SPECIALTIES in Ballard is a year-round destination market for Scandinavian delicacies and gift items, but now is really the time to visit. The shelves are laden with whimsical, ...

Aase Beaulieu's fondest Christmas memory is of spending every first Sunday of Advent with her mother in their long, narrow kitchen in Copenhagen, making cookies. The home was filled with the scents of ...

This Christmas, I decided to get back to my roots and make a whole bunch of Scandinavian cookies. In all, I came up with seven delicious, pretty cookies that you can serve holiday guests. Here are the ...

Q I’d like to make julekake, the Scandinavian Christmas bread. The grocery-store varieties are just not as good as Mom’s. Can you find a recipe? A Candied citron and raisins are traditional additions, ...

Finnish Santa is waiting. Joulupukki -- that's "Christmas Goat" -- and his sleigh will round out this weekend's ScanFair, an annual celebration of the "sights, sounds, tastes and traditions of a ...

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Julbord–the “Christmas table”–is a pan-Scandinavian tradition, a gastroextravaganza staged annually in homes and restaurants across Denmark, Finland, Norway, and Sweden. In Chicago, every December, ...

SISTER BAY - Al Johnson's Swedish Restaurant & Butik is getting into the holiday spirit with its first-ever Scandinavian Christmas Market, a pop-up shop that will be open Fridays through Sundays for ...

In the winter of 2006, the unthinkable happened. There was a shortage of aquavit, the Scandinavian spirit that's flavored with caraway and other botanicals like dill and anise. For ...

This Christmas, I decided to get back to my roots and make a whole bunch of Scandinavian cookies. In all, I came up with seven delicious, pretty cookies that you can serve holiday guests. Here are the ...