Marengs are just meringues.  When they are toasted in Norway they are called ‘pikekyss‘ (girl kisses).  These little cuties are not actually part of the Norwegian ‘Seven Sorts’ Christmas cookies.  But that certainly doesn’t mean you can’t have them at Christmas!

A Norwegian Christmas is filled with many celebrations and traditions, old and new. As the snow falls, the white landscape is the first sign of Christmas and Norwegians start to prepare for their long season of juletid. November As the snow comes, Norway enters the Christmas season early with a series of Christmas parties. Work, [...]

One thing you may notice when traveling or comminucating internationally is that every country has their own way of placing dots, commas and other symbols. Norway certainly is no exception. Here is a short list of “the Norwegian Way” of writing: Thousands separators: Norway does not use commas to separate thousands, millions etc. Instead, they [...]

Half jokingly, Norwegians say that frozen pizza is Norway’s national dish.  It’s not hard to tell as pizza usually dominates the frozen food section.  In our store we have so much pizza it takes up two isles, compared to the lowly peanut butter which only has one brand, one type – Mills smooth.  But with [...]