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New Scandinavian Cooking
The Taste of Trees
Season 5
Episode 504
Andreas visits Hedmark in Eastern Norway, a region with large farms, abundant food and vast forests. Andreas cooks over an open fire and provides tips on using smoke in cooking before whipping up sweet apple-flavored pork chops with potato salad. For the main course, Andreas prepares hot-smoked pork glazed with a rich homemade birch syrup, which he also pours over waffles for dessert.
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Andreas examines how fire changed the way people cook.
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Andreas visits the Sami territories of the Arctic.
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Andreas travels to the old fortress town of Fredrikstad in Eastern Norway.
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Andreas visits Geitmyra Farm, the site of his new food culture center for kids.
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Andreas discovers the culture and history behind a well-made sausage.
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Andreas visits the county of Hedmark in Eastern Norway, a region known for big farms.
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Andreas Viestad travels to Vestfold in Southern Norway during the brisling sardine season.
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Host Andreas Viestad explores the rugged coastline of Vesterålen in Northern Norway.
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Host Andreas Viestad visits Hardanger, the “apple orchard” of Western Norway.
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Host Andreas Viestad cooks with one of the most loved Norwegian ingredients — the potato.
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Host Andreas Viestad ventures to the tallest mountain in Norway: Galdøpiggen.
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Visit sights along the Telemark canal, which unites Norway's coast and mountains.