The Nordic Baking Book

I love perusing this book and have really enjoyed cooking from it. I was happily surprised to find a soup section in a baking book. The soups include several that were regular features at my Icelandic grandmother's table.

I debated for a long while on whether I should buy the Nordic cookbook by Magnus. I never got around to it but jumped at the baking book because I love sweet yeasted breads. Aside from the huge collection of whimsical, comforting, original and delicious Nordic treats, I found out that I am a big fangirl of Magnus Nilsson's foodwriting. I love his adorably honest and utterly unpretentious way of presenting important information, and his little random rants and blunt opinions somehow don't come off as proud or egotistical at all, but rather endearing. I have well over a hundred cookbooks, many by the world's best chefs, and though I adore some chefs' food genius I can't read their writing because it's so haughty sounding. Magnus is truly in love with the food and his writing so shamelessly and simply glows with that love. I can't wait to bake from this book but first I'm just going to read it like a novel! And now I can't wait to get his Nordic Cookbook!

This is such a great one in the Phaidon series of culinary books. The author introduces each section in a narrative and approachable way, and includes sketches here and there illustrating techniques or equipment to boot. It does a great job highlighting where in the region a particular recipe is from and provides an awesome preface explaining basics to give you a solid foundation for the recipes that lay ahead.

Informative, comprehensive, more than just a collection of recipes. Historic, cultural, and culinary information is woven together to make this a wonderful read.

This book is very high quality in terms of the physical book itself and its contents. The cover and pages are heavy and the photos are stunning. The recipes and stories from the chef are great. I can't attest to any of the recipes yet but they didn't seem to require too many ingredients that you wouldn't have on hand already or would be difficult to substitute if need be. I gift it to my dad and he was thrilled.

I’ve had this book for a few years but didn’t really start baking with it until last year. So many fun options, and I love that it has recipes from all the Nordic european countries. Yes, it would be nice to have more photos, but of course it would’ve become more than one volume if each recipe gets its own page and photo. Recently I made two things that both didn’t have the most reliable directions: one a norwegian Christmas cake, which needed at least ten minutes more baking time and also could’ve benefitted from double as much of the topping; and the other the Icelandic Christmas cake which was still fluid inside at the end of the provided baking time. I was pretty sure that would happen, given the size of the bread, but alas, giving it more time turned into a Problem later: it was too dry and also much too crumbly, falling apart under the knife. I bake a lot and was surprised to have messed up that badly, but I double checked the recipe and had followed it to the letter. I will definitely try more recipes though — hope this doesn’t happen again!

I picked it up because I was curious about how to make some Scandinavian baked goods and ended up using at least once or twice a week. The cinnamon rolls recipe is incredible and my family asks for it all the time now.

Good binding, nice print, and a comfortable texture on the cover. Plus the recipes I have tried are fun, bought for 2 different bakers in my life and they both loved it.

Being half Norwegian myself my late Mother spoke her native language to our Father me & my siblings & whilst family in Norway would say I am fluent in Norwegian- sadly I am not... yet! Being unable to translate fully the recipes from my late Mother's beautiful cookery books, this one gave me the recipes in English of many baking treats I remember her making for & with me not only as a child but also as an adult. It is full of nostalgia for me. To all non-Norwegians everywhere, I could highly recommend this wonderfully complied & beautifully bound hardback book to anyone who simply enjoys baking as the many varied Norwegian recipes are clearly written & easy to follow. I wish a 'God Jul' & many hours of happy baking to all who buy this exceptional Norwegian baking book. A wonderful buy; thank you for sending it.

Magnus Nilsson es un gran chef de culto. En este libro detalla cientos de recetas de panes, bollos, craquers etc de estilo nórdico. Como todos los libros de Phaidon, está editado de maravilla, con fotografías hechas por el propio chef. Un libro imprescindible para todo el que le guste cocinar con harinas y desee renovar su repertorio.

I Leared to bake old and forgotten recipes that I now can teach my children to make. Some recipes takes time and some prior knowledge about baking is good to have. But many recipes has been made by my family members who are not bakers or have much skills in the kitchen in any given day.

È un libro che è un viaggio nella cultura del Grande Nord, ordinatamente suddiviso per capitoli che riguardano tutte le tipologie possibili di prodotti da forno. Non ci sono molte foto, ma quelle che ci sono bastano. Consigliato

Great cook book. It has so many suggestions and recipes I am struggling to work my way through them.