Welcome back to the vegan world tour and a post about my native Sweden, where we make vegan semlor, a delicious pastry eaten on Shrove Tuesday in February every year. For this post, I wanted to do something different so I decided to collaborate with ChatGPT-4 to write a food […]
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We have arrived in Lebanon on our vegan world tour and it is time to make some vegan namoura, a Lebanese semolina cake drenched in orange flavoured syrup. Choosing a dish to represent Lebanon with its many vegan and plant-forward dishes was a challenge! In the end, I went with […]
Glögg is the Swedish version of mulled wine and is immensely popular in December. My wife and I have been making our own for more than a decade, even before we left Sweden and could still buy it everywhere. Here in Canada, we still make it and bring it to […]
This week, we visit Finland and cook a vegan lanttulaatikko. This rutabaga casserole with nutmeg, cinnamon, and ginger is a Finnish Christmas classic, continuing the theme set by our recent visit to Venezuela where we made vegan hallacas, a local Christmas favourite. Read on to learn more about Finnish cuisine […]
We’re back in South America for a visit to Venezuela were we make vegan hallacas, a Venezuelan Christmas must-have. These treats are cooked in banana leaves and consist of corn dough filled with a sweet and sour stew, raisins, olives and almonds. Read on to learn more about Venezuelan cuisine […]
For today’s visit to Bulgaria, we bake vegan tikvenik. Tikvenik is a traditional pumpkin and phyllo dough pastry spiced with cinnamon and often eaten at Christmas. The multiple layers of crispy phyllo dough, the cinnamon and the sweetness create a dish that reminds me a lot of baklava but with […]
From foul medames in the deserts of Egypt to the desserts of Denmark, this week we travel to Northern Europe and Scandinavia and cook vegan æbleskiver. These Danish spherical pancakes are usually enjoyed around Christmas but delicious year round. Read on to learn more about their origin and how they […]
Our first stop in North Africa finds us in Libya, where Arabic, Berber and Mediterranean traditions fuse. To explore the Libyan kitchen, we make vegan M’battan: a delicious snack of battered, deep fried potato wedges stuffed with spiced soy mince. Read on to learn a bit about Libyan cuisine or […]
As the country’s name implies, the food of the United Arab Emirates is Arabic at its core [1]–[3]. Situated in the southern corner of the Arabic peninsula with Iran just across the Persian Gulf, it is no wonder Persian dishes are popular, as are Levantine dishes like hummus, and falafel […]