![]() ![]() *I received this book from Blogging for Books in exchange for this review. I recommend this book to anyone who would like to learn about the Swedish culture, or more specifically, “fika.” With the stories about the Swedish culture, beautiful illustrations, and wonderful recipes of Swedish baked goods, I found this book to be very interesting and informative. They were very moist and fluffy! Delicious! □ However, I was very pleased with the cinnamon buns made with the recipe from the book. I had made cinnamon buns in the past with different recipe, but was very disappointed with them because they were very dry and felt like they did not have enough cinnamon taste. So right after I finished the book, I tried out the book’s recipe for cinnamon buns.īrones and Kindvall advise the readers to sprinkle pearl sugar on top of the buns but since I did not have it at home, I just dusted some powdered sugar over the buns. I found my mouth watering as I skimmed through the recipes. The Fika: The Art of The Swedish Coffee Break, with Recipes for Pastries, Breads, and Other Treats is certainly one of the top-rated book you can stumble on Amazon. Fika is “a magical moment in the midst of the routine and the mundane” and the time “when everything else is put on hold.” The most crucial function of it for Swedish people is “taking a break” and spending some quality time either alone or together with other people. What I especially liked about the book is that it not only provides the readers with a set of recipes of popular Swedish baked goods but also teaches us about the Swedish culture by telling us about the cultural meaning that fika has.Īlso, what was impressive about the Swedish culture that I learned from this book was the Swedish people’s appreciation of “slow living.” According to Brones and Kindvall, fika is not simply consuming a cup of coffee and sweets. Similar to the concept of British afternoon tea, fika is the time in the daily lives of Swedish people when they take a break with a cup of coffee and baked goods. Written and illustrated by Anna Brones and Johanna Kindvall, Fika: The Art of the Swedish Coffee Break is a cookbook about the Swedish coffee break called “fika.” Similar to the concept of British afternoon tea, “fika” is the time in the daily lives of Swedish people when they take a break with a cup of coffee and baked goods. Written and illustrated by Anna Brones and Johanna Kindvall, Fika: The Art of the Swedish Coffee Break is a cookbook about the Swedish coffee break called fika.
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