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Crust And Crumbs: Unpacking Iceland’s Bakery Culture
A closer look at the tensions between authentic tradition, modernist aesthetics and globalised bakery trends behind Iceland’s bakeries Icelanders love bakeries in a distinctly Icelandic fashion: from picking up kleinur at gas stations, crowding a mural-covered storefront for kanilsnúður (cinnamon bun), or…
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Food Of Iceland: Kleinur
News broke recently that Krispy Kreme is shutting down its Icelandic operations. How will we survive? Well, perhaps by sampling any one of the bazillions of Icelandic pastries. And there’s no better place to start than with Kleinur. There’s much to appreciate…
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Great Moments In Icelandic Cuisine: Kleinur
Have you ever wondered what that delicious twisted pastry is, often served to complement a standard cup of coffee? Sometimes branded as “Icelandic doughnuts,” kleinur – kleina, in singular – are made from the familiar base of flour, sugar, butter and eggs,…
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Don’t Ask Nanna: About Annoying Tourists
Hey Nanna Yesterday I saw two tourists staging their coffee and breakfast at Roasters. One of them even stepped on a chair to get a better angle. I came in, waited in line, ordered, got my coffee and when I left they…
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PHOTOS: It Begins… Dunkin’ Donuts Hits 101 Reykjavík!
Twenty two years after then-Prime Minister Davíð Oddsson took the first bite of the first McDonald’s burger served in Iceland, six years after McDonald’s left the country, announcing that franchises there had never paid off anyway, the finest U.S. fast food is…
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Inspired By Iceland. For Real
In Southsea, Portsmouth, UK, where Castle Road meets Kent Road, you’ll find 101 Reykjavík, a cosy Icelandic café. Huh? An Icelandic café? Yup. There is such a thing. 101 Reykjavík (the café, not the postal code, novel or film) is indeed an…