On July 4, we received the painful news that Mary Hirsch, the author of the Ingebretsen’s blog posts, the Ole and Lena jokes on Facebook, and the person whose gift for puns started the HaikUff-Da! contest, had died suddenly. Mary was a lifelong friend of Julie and Molly Ingebretsen. But even those of us who… More In Memory of Mary Hirsch
Written by Peter Christen Asbjørnsen and Jørgen Moe for their classic book Norske Folkeeventyr, Soria Moria Castle (Soria Moria slott) is perhaps one of the best known Norwegian folktales. (Asbjørnsen and Moe were publishing folktales in the late 1830s and early 1840s.) It is the story of a journey to Soria Moria Castle and his… More Soria Moria Castle: The Eternal Search For Happiness
We invite you and your family to have a heart – specifically a delicious one sitting on a plate in front of you. Specifically, of course, a Nordic heart waffle. Stine Aasland, author of We Love (Heart) Waffles says when it comes to the Nordic Waffle: “… it must be heart-shaped, as it is in… More Have A Nordic Heart (Waffle)