Current Affairs
Several hundred gingerbread houses were smashed to pieces as vandals broke into a tent harbouring "the world's biggest gingerbread town" in downtown Bergen last night. Outrage over the havoc wrought by "the gingerbread vandals" was the first thing that met me when I logged
Food and Drink
Traditional rakfisk dinner Originally uploaded by Kristine_Lowe.. ...And boy did it make me queasy. This week, the weird food season officially kicked off, at least for my part. This lovely-looking fishy treat was served when I attended the annual meeting of the National Journalist Union's (NJ'
Culture
Since I had to leave this year's WAN Congress/ World Editors' forum on Tuesday to cover other events, I do not know how the show progressed from here, but this was by far the most surreal party I have been to for a very long time: It
Blogging
Just as I was putting together that post on Blondinbella and product placement, I came across Natalie's wonderful Blogging 101 for Publicists: an excellent tutorial in blogger relations for PRs from my favourite mixologist (who as far as I know blog for ... eh.. love and public spirit) I
Food and Drink
You might even call it an adventurous food weekend. Challenging is another word that springs to mind, it certainly wasn't boring. On Friday, I attended a birthday bash for a friend of mine, and was served this for dinner. Hence, I felt a bit queasy on Saturday, the
Food and Drink
For the benefit of squeamish readers I've posted a smaller picture, click on it if you want a bigger version. What do you do if say, you're a foreign businessman who happen find yourself invited out to dinner by your Norwegian business contacts in Bergen in
Food and Drink
Vampus (in Norwegian) wants one of these for Christmas, me too: http://www.dailymotion.com/swf/22YzcaNBQ6h6Fp2mA USB Wine, telechargez vos vins en direct des domaines ! Uploaded by zs2creative
Food and Drink
You are feeling a bit rough today: Folks, ladies and gentlemen of the cyber-booze world, children, pets and your respective owners, I have unequivocally discovered the cure for hangovers: Egg Drop Soup ...That's right. Egg Drop Soup is a little miracle from the land of the Great Wall,
Food and Drink
Tell you what: try having a coke in a bar here. Norway's most expensive pint of coke adds up to £7,60 with today's currency rate. Having 0,4 litre beer in the same place costs £4,90. All according to today's print edition
Food and Drink
Yesterday I found myself half-watching the France-Switzerland game in a hotel bar over a few drinks. On the menu of this rather up-market place I found "Devon farmed snails on toast with young vegetables and herb butter". Now aside form the fact that I was there with a
Food and Drink
Here's a new blog I know you're just going to love: “The Liquid Muse: A guide to cocktails, Happy Hour, lounges, wines of the world, the occasional beerhouse… and the people that quench our thirst.” Should be a good place to start if you need some