OUR ICELANDIC REPICES
Please read them, we beg of you.
Bessastaðakökur – Icelandic Presidential Cookies
Bessastaðakökur - Icelandic Presidential Cookies We foolishly decided that the English name for Bessastaðakökur should be “Presidential cookies”. The cookies were famously always offered guest at Bessastaðir, the official resident of the president of Iceland, by Vigdís Finnbogadóttir, the first female democratically elected president. We’ve no idea if [...]
Laufabrauð – Icelandic Leaf bread
Laufabrauð - Icelandic Leaf bread Laufabrauð or Icelandic leaf bread is a very thin circular fried bread, usually made and consumed for Christmas. We say bread, it’s more of cracker. Laufabrauð is a story of necessity. Iceland is a bit of a bare desert, the cold [...]