The Culinary Saga of New Iceland: Recipes From the Shores of Lake Winnipeg - Paperback

by Kristin Olafson-Jenkyns (Author)

...anyone with a drop of Icelandic blood, or even anyone who wishes they were Icelandic, should own this book.
-Agnes Bardal Comack, Lögberg-Heimskringla
TASTE CANADA WINNER GOLD AWARD, SPECIAL INTEREST FOOD & BEVERAGE SILVER AWARD, CANADA FOOD CULTURE
When the Icelanders immigrated to New Iceland (Manitoba's Interlake region) in 1875, they had to adapt they had to adapt their recipes and cooking methods to the indigenous ingredients of their new environment. Kristin documents New Icelandic cooking from the time of immigration to now with over 200 recipes, including such innovations as Smoked Goldeye Pâté and Garden Medley Pickerel with Dill Pönnukökur (Thin Pancakes).

Also includes:
- Historical food articles from the New Icelandic settlement newspaper Framfari;
- Comparative analyses of Guðrún Jónsdóttir's Matreiðslubók, an Icelandic recipe journal written in the early 1900s;
- Comments and tips from recipe testers across North America;
- Historical overviews of the New Icelandic settlements and the Lake Winnipeg fisheries.

Cuisine and culinary traditions are a notable part of our cultural heritage, but are often given less attention than they merit. Kristin deserves credit for preserving this legacy and sharing it with her readers. People of Icelandic descent on both sides of the Atlantic -in Canada and Iceland- should welcome the publication of this book.
-Ástríður Thorarensen, Reykjavík, Iceland

This magnificent compilation of recipes, comments, vignettes and photographs will become a classic to be treasured and passed on to those children and grandchildren who did not have the opportunity to be immersed in their cultural roots by their ammas, lang-ammas, grandmothers and great-grandmothers.
-Elva Jónasson, Winnipeg, Manitoba