Notebooks of a Line Cook

Things To Do With Vegetables When You’re…

… not ready for summer to end.

Aug 29 •

Notes on Mökki Life

Finnish vacations, blazing fish and a new newsletter

Aug 17 •

Things To Do With Vegetables When You're...

The first instalment in my ongoing celebration of vegetables

Jul 19 •

A Serious Case of Swedish Buns

And a few words about something called Fika...

Jul 13 •

My Perfect Plate of Food

And a look back on something new that happened in my kitchen this week

Jun 28 •

Norwegian Brunost Cheesecake

A caramelised whey cheesecake as complex as an Ibsen play, as expressive in colour as a Munch painting.

May 16 •

How to celebrate May Day like a Finn

It involves a picnic and fermented lemonade and really good doughnuts.

Apr 25 •

A Taste of Finnish Easter

And a recipe for honey custard bun brûlée pudding

Apr 14 •

The RLC recipe index

Because they're kinda hidden among a lot of essay to be honest

Apr 2 •

On the Nature of Staff Meal

And the greatness in simplicity

Mar 7 •

Old, Intelligent, and Full of Bun

And assorted things about Stephen Hawking, a dreadful Swedish chef, and the arbitrariness of recipes.

Feb 28 •

Notes from a Nordic Kitchen

Advice and tips to make your cooking a little more "Nordic"

Feb 7 •

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