This Scandinavian bread is scented with cardamom. More

Known as Skagen salad in Swedish, this light shrimp salad makes a great open-faced sandwich. More

This dish is traditionally served on Midsummer in Sweden to celebrate the new potatoes in the garden. More

The season's first strawberries always made an appearance on the Swedish Midsummer table. Make them stand out with some cool, freshly whipped cream. More

[Photograph: Robyn Lee] Note: It's best to make the rolls the night before and allow them to rise in the refrigerator overnight. You can bake them anywhere between 10 and 24 hours after shaping and refrigerating them. Pearl sugar isn't... More

Where do you start a journey through the Scandinavian kitchen? Well, perhaps with the most iconic Scandinavian dish of them all. Swedish meatballs. Now, first of all, we need to settle something: Mom's meatballs are always the best in the world. Regardless of the Mom. And perhaps even regardless of the meatballs. Just like Italian sons and daughters have their mother's cooking as a frame of reference for good food, Mom's meatballs have the same function in Sweden. More