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  • This Month In Food: May / June 2015

    This Month In Food: May / June 2015

    Vísir reports that the head of the farm-to-table organisation in Iceland is less than pleased with budget supermarket chain Bónus labelling their pork as farm-to-table. The pork is sourced from the farm of one Geir Gunnar Geirsson, who also happens to be…

  • Where Elves Dare Not Tread

    Where Elves Dare Not Tread

    The first weekend of August is known as Verslunarmannahelgi (“Merchant’s Weekend”), a national holiday that sees numerous festivals taking place around the island, with plenty of drunken debauchery on offer. Scores of folks make their way to festivals such as Vestmannaeyjar’s Þjóðhátíð…