Nordic baking, recipes, EYBD Previews and more

Please don’t hate me because I love baking. Baking, especially at this time of year, is therapy for my soul. To add to my ever-growing list of obsessions, I have now added all things Nordic. Nordic Christmas decorations are coming into the house as fast as I can order them. Recently, I even ordered an Advent Star for my window (similar to the one linked but a metal version on Ebay). Warning! Danger! Do not click on that link if you are into the Nordic esthetic in the slightest.

For a while now, I have been following Cecilia and Christoffer on YouTube. The couple live in a cabin outside of Longyearbyen (on the water) with their Finnish lapphund Grim. Visiting Longyearbyen is now on my bucket list. I love the dark and they have Polar Night there for a little over three months. I love the cold and as it is the northernmost town in the world, it is chilly. This area of the world benefits from the Northern Lights from late September to March. I want to see the Northern Lights before I head to that great big cookbook store in the sky! As long as I can get my Diet Pepsi and take all my cookbooks and cookware, I’d hitch myself to the world’s biggest toboggan in a heartbeat and head North.

What does all this have to do with Nordic baking? Christoffer was a chef for two decades and has been baking on their channel for a while now. He has written three Nordic cookbooks and I have ordered the two Nordic Baking editions (2023 and 2024). I absolutely love them. They come in a downloadable pdf format. A few of the recipes from the 2024 edition includes: Finnish tosca cake, Swedish mazarin cake, and Rustic lingonberry bread. From the 2023 edition, Coconut log, Swedish Christmas toffee, and Saffron biscotti. Cecilia and Christoffer shared a few images from the 2024 edition above: Caramel chews with nuts and Festive bread with pumpkin.

Cecilia published a gorgeous book in October by DK entitled Life on Svalbard: Finding Home on a Remote Island Near the North Pole which is a book of photography and narrative (not a cookbook). She is an incredible photographer and I will be sharing more about this title soon for those interested.

A reminder I posted a while back about Laufabrauð which is Icelandic leaf bread. I was lucky enough to have a friend who was able to track down a leaf cutting iron for me.

Other sources for Nordic baking include (there are many other books under the Scandinavia filter but these are titles I have):

• The Nordic Baking Book by Magnus Nilsson and Richard Tellström
• Fika: The Art of the Swedish Coffee Break, with Recipes for Pastries, Breads, and Other Treats by Anna Brones and Johanna Kindvall
• The Great Scandinavian Baking Book by Beatrice Ojakangas
• Scandinavian Baking: Loving Baking at Home and Scandinavian Christmas by Trine Hahnemann
• Scandilicious Baking by Signe Johansen
• Scandinavian from Scratch: A Love Letter to the Baking of Denmark, Norway, and Sweden by Nichole Accettola
• Nordic Bakery Cookbook by Miisa Mink and Marianna Wahlsten
• Smörgåsbord: The Art of Swedish Breads and Savory Treats by Johanna Kindvall
• Bakeland: Nordic Treats Inspired by Nature by Marit Hovland
• Meyer’s Bakery: Bread and Baking in the Nordic Kitchen by Claus Meyer
• The Nordic Baker: Plant-Based Bakes and Seasonal Stories from a Kitchen in the Heart of Sweden by Sofia Nordgren
• Modern Scandinavian Baking: A Cookbook of Sweet Treats and Savory Bakes by Daytona Strong
• North Wild Kitchen: Home Cooking from the Heart of Norway and Norwegian Baking through the Seasons: 90 Sweet and Savoury Recipes from North Wild Kitchen by Nevada Berg

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The last few weeks on Eat Your Books

Since our last roundup, Darcie has written these articles:

• Dorie Greenspan’s cookbook recommendations for 2024
• Using the leftovers
• Sensory subterfuge
• Do you have love for gloves?
• Relax, you’ve got this
• Move over turkey, there’s a new Thanksgiving entree in town

Darcie’s weekly food news antipasto is shared every Sunday and the tag #foodnews brings up these information-packed posts from the most current to the first one. Darcie can be followed on Instagram at darcie_bakes.

Darcie and I posted:

• The Great British Bake Off/Baking Show – Week 9 – Patisserie Week 2024
• The Great British Bake Off/Baking Show – The Finale 2024

Since our last roundup, I have posted the following:

• Jenny’s Best Books of 2024
• November 2024 New Cookbook Review
• December 2024 Great Big Cookbook Club Summary (updated)
• Holiday breads, 2,000 EYBD Previews, recipes and more
• 2025 Cookbook Preview Post (link to 2024 Preview Post) – both posts updated
• Cookbook deals are updated when time permits so check that post for new sales – the publisher links automatically update and please see the ICYMI post.

My Instagram is thecookbookjunkies.

Jenny and the EYB Team

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Recently Indexed Titles

Our team of member and pro indexers are working hard indexing titles, both new and old. Below are just a few highlighted titles that were recently indexed. ckbk titles notated as such – for more information on ckbk see Jane’s post. Remember to view the most current indexed titles – they will always show up at the top of the EYB Library and your Bookshelf. Recent indexed magazines can be found here. For information on member indexing, please see this roundup with more details.

• The Mirabelle Cookbook by Marco Pierre White
• Sprout & Co Saladology: Fresh Ideas for Delicious Salads by Theo Kirwan
• Secrets of Colombian Cooking by Patricia McCausland-Gallo ckbk
• Whitewater Cooks The Food We Love by Shelley Adams
• Fine Cooking Cookies: 200 Best-Ever Recipes for Cookies, Brownies, Bars & More by Fine Cooking Magazine
• Three Ingredient Baking by Sarah Rainey
• The Bacon Bible by Peter Sherman and Stephanie Banyas ckbk
• Big Night: Dinners, Parties, and Dinner Parties by Katherine Lewin
• Always Delicious: Tips, Techniques and Recipes That Work by Marion Grasby
• Chin Chin Feed Me by Benjamin Cooper
• Mary Makes it Easy: The New Ultimate Stress-free Cookbook by Mary Berry
• Preppy Kitchen Super Easy: 100 Simple and Versatile Recipes by John Kannel
• Kin: Caribbean Recipes for the Modern Kitchen by Marie Mitchell

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Member Photo of the Week

One skillet baked chicken shawarma and rice pilaf from RecipeTin Eats by Nagi Maehashi submitted by Member KarinaFrancis

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Featured Online Recipe

Hidden treasure cookies from The Kitchn by Kelli Foster

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Featured EYBD Preview Recipe

Tennessee hot honey oven-fried chicken sammy from Everyday Indulgence: 80+ Cleverly Balanced Recipes to Nourish Your Body and Delight Your Soul by Lindsay Moser

We currently have 8,409 EYBDigital Recipes indexed. All can be added to your Bookshelf.

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EYBDigital Previews

Recently, we uploaded our 2,000th EYBDigital Preview where a selection of full sample pages are available including the titles below.

Learn more about EYBDigital Previews.

Note: All Preview recipes are indexed, whether the full book is indexed or not. Any Preview recipe can be added to your Bookshelf.

• A selection of pages from The Bread Machine Book: 75 Unforgettable, Unfussy Recipes for Every Baker by Lukas Volger Publication date March 4, 2025.
• 6 recipes from One Pot One Portion: 100 Simple Recipes Just for You by Eleanor Wilkinson Publication date February 11, 2025 in US – Published in UK in July 2024.
• 1 recipe and a selection of pages from Open Sesame: 45 Sweet and Savory Recipes for Tahini & All Things Sesame by Rachel Belle
• 3 recipes from Sandwiches of History The Cookbook: All the Best (and Most Surprising) Things People Have Put Between Slices of Bread by Barry W. Enderwick

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Cookbook Giveaways
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• Enter our worldwide giveaway to win one of three copies of The Curry Guy Chicken: Deliciously Spiced Recipes From South and Southeast Asia by Dan Toombs. Contest expires December 13th, 2024.
• Enter our US/Canada giveaway to win one of three copies of The Monday Pasta Club by Ed Barrow. Contest expires December 16th, 2024.

The cookbook giveaway roundup shares all current giveaways including those open worldwide and to other regions.

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