Nordic Summer Cookbook

The short but light-filled Nordic summer feels all the more magical thanks to its delicious flavours, with the gentle rays of the midnight sun lighting the way to the midsummer table. Any excuse to spend time in the kitchen and gather your nearest and dearest only adds to the joy of summertime.

May opens the summer harvest with refreshing spruce tip lemonade, nettle crepes, parmesan and lovage soup, and creamy rhubarb and vanilla buns. Early summer brings the simple pleasure of new potatoes, grilled early cabbage, crispy whitefish with buttermilk and fennel dressing, and a strawberry meringue cake. At the season’s loveliest garden party, wildflowers grace the table alongside generous servings of umami-packed potato salad, followed by chocolate mousse and cherry cake, and a creamy bilberry pie. The leftovers from a crayfish feast transform into the dreamiest bisque. And as August arrives with its dusky evenings, mushroom toast, currant and mascarpone cake, and an effortless gooseberry galette hit just the right note.

The Nordic Summer Cookbook serves up a generous spread of the summer season’s finest. Within the pages of the book, you’ll find both sweet and savoury dishes along with nature-inspired DIY ideas for adorning the table. With a fresh take on seasonal cooking, the recipes celebrate local ingredients and give Nordic classics a modern twist.

The book in your hands is not just a book, but something far more. It was made with love, without counting the hours. Feel the paper between your fingertips, stroke the covers. They, too, were created with meticulous attention to detail viewed up close and from afar, considering the colours and hues, making them resonate with you. We don’t think of books merely as books. The contents between the covers have an ability to open up new horizons and bring meaning to lives, while also adding a touch of beauty to your world. Our books yearn to be browsed, viewed and cherished. Instead of gathering dust in the far corner of the bookcase, their place is at the heart of what goes on in our lives. Meaningful stories and books are experiences. They exude a world of beauty, good living, delicious meals, breathtaking sceneries and insight that stops us in our tracks. The book in your hands is not just a book. It is a door to another world

Recipes, ideas, photography & layout design: Viola Minerva Virtamo
Editing: Elina Lähteenmäki
Translation: Rebecca Watson
Language: English