me likes portvaktsstugan (at filmstaden)

Portvaktsstugan Coffee House is close to our home. It is in Filmstaden [Movie Town] in Solna, the place where Ingmar Bergman, Greta Garbo and Ingrid Bergman among other famous Swedish movie stars worked. The Portvaktsstugan [The Gate Keeper Cabin] is a wonderfully decorated and peaceful place.

You get your tea or coffee in vintage pots and drink out of flowery vintage cups. You can order waffles with salty or sweet topping and for your coffe you can pick seven different cookies. That is a typical Swedish "vintage tradition" (and very trendy right now!) to serve seven kinds of cookies at a tea party (kafferep).

My sister-in-law Ester stayed at our place for two week and we and the kids wnt to have waffles and cookies on a Saturday. After that we went second hand shopping. It was a good day.

 

 I wish you all a great start to the weekend!

lemon soup recipe (more reflections from the past)

While going through the history of this blog in search for Easter decoration inspiration I came across this recipe. It is worth a rerun! So here: Lemon Soup Recipe!

me likes Sött och nött by Karin Erlandsson

I received a book. The author of the book and the publishing company asked if I could write something about it. Sött och nött ("Sweet and worn").

Off course I can, this is a fantastic book! I've followed the author Karin Erlandsson's blog for a long time. I've read about her baking, writing and her second hand fascination. We've been friends for an even longer time. And I am fascinated by her. 

I love how she has actually made a sweet recipe book, (literally; there are only sweet recipes in this book) that is different from most I've read before. Lingonberry tiramisu, parsnip cake with orange topping, pears in toffee sauce with American pepper ice cream and more. And everything is served on second hand, retro and vintage dishes, thus the name.

The photos by Jonas Edsvik really brings out the flavour in the sweets. Together with the layout by Ea Söderberg. Oh, the colours! I haven't tried any of the recipes yet, but I am pretty sure they work!

The book also contains stories written by Karin (she works as a journalist in Åland where she lives), about family trips to faraway and hard-to-find flea markets, about porcelain nostalgia and how not to hide your vintage treasures but use them. I will not only read this book by the stove, it will follow me to bed!

You can buy the book at adlibris.com. Do read Karin's blog as well!

(A review in Swedish can be read at Lundagård)

grown up soda

from the dieline

via today you inspire me

baking towel

My husband bakes bread, he is very good at it. Here's a towel for him!

october kitchen

Blueberry syrup from my (food)talented cousin Å. It is very good! Plums from my husband's grandfather's garden. And a good old whole mettwurst sausage.

from our garden

Basil from our small herb garden.

two kinds of pillows

zooming in

Chocolate from Liisa Koski nicely wrapped and...

... elephant girl??!

zooming in #2

We tell the children they cannot write on the walls, and then grown-ups do exactly the opposite.

Not the right kind of pencil and not the right kind of colour, but a good idea!

what if we did not have water nor food

 (photo: Magnus Wennman / Aftonbladet)

Karin of Lopptorget started a good thing! I am in!

You can help too: give money and spread the word! Donate at least 5€ to any help organisation working in the crisis areas in the Horn of Africa.

You can find people that have contributed to this campaign on Facebook.

Eftersom tjugo miljoner människor på Afrikas horn svälter, startar jag kampanjen Blogga mot hunger. Kampanjen uppmanar alla som bloggar att skänka minst 5 euro/50 kronor till en valfri hjälporganisation som verkar i det drabbade området.

Gör så här:
1) Skänk minst 5 euro/50 kronor till valfri organisation.

2) Kopiera följande text i ett inlägg på din blogg:

"Jag deltar i insamlingen Blogga mot hunger genom att skänka minst 5 euro (/50 kronor) till en organisation som verkar på Afrikas horn. Samtidigt uppmanar jag andra bloggare att också delta i kampanjen.

Kopiera den här texten i ett inlägg på din blogg om du också deltar i insamlingen. "

3) Meddela, om du vill, på kampanjens Facebook-sida (Blogga mot hunger) att du deltagit och ange bloggens namn.