...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

Published March 23, 2020. 257 pages.

Kristin Olafson-Jenkyns in her own words... I am a proud Icelandic-Canadian born in Gimli, the heart of the New Iceland settlement, on the shores of Lake Winnipeg. I love the lake and the people. As a caterer, I promoted Icelandic specialties from my upbringing. The many highlights of those catering days were events attended by many Canadian and Icelandic dignitaries at the annual Islendingadaurinn (Icelandic Festival of Manitoba). I was particularly proud to introduce these Icelandic and other foods indigenous to Manitoba’s Interlake region when I catered a hospitality event for the annual national conference of the Tourism Industry of Canada. I was also the author of Kristin's Kitchen in the Lögberg-Heimskringla, a community newspaper serving the Icelandic community, from April 2004-May 2008.  While interior design was the main focus of my working life, the freedom of retirement has provided the opportunity to write my mermaid stories which combine fantasy and lessons in ocean conservation for a tween audience. Now I also paint and look forward to seeing where my creative spirit takes me!

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