Við erum dugleg!

We are hard-working!

Things seem relatively quiet here at the moment, I haven't posted many recipes lately and I (unfortunately) often don't respond to messages until late...

Should I tell you why that is?

We are self-publishing our second cookbook!

We've been at it for a long time, at first it was just a vague plan that gradually became more and more concrete. We've been serious about it since July - and recently we've been working flat out on it in every half-free minute.

Now at the weekend we both sat on the project every day until the night. My husband mainly took over the "technical side", setting and designing everything, designing and designing the cover... and I also cooked, baked, took photos and wrote and adapted the final texts.

In the picture here we are going through all the material again, adding to it, rearranging it, moving it, exchanging things... at some point neither of us could look straight ahead. But on Sunday night we did it - the data for the first test print was sent online to the printer!

The whole house still smells like Christmas, we still have a few last Christmas muffins, the cookie jar is well filled and we still have Christmas ice cream in the freezer. And there are still Christmas decorations everywhere... (My husband has already asked me if we want to look for Easter eggs for Christmas.)

Delicious Iceland at Christmas time

As convinced Iceland and Christmas fans, the idea has been coming to mind for a while - our new cookbook is about the Icelandic Christmas season, recipes and traditions.

Our new book will hopefully take you right into the middle of the Icelandic Christmas season, tell you about Icelandic Christmas customs, of course also about the 13 Santa Clauses and the dangerous Christmas cat, and bring the Icelandic Christmas home with more than 50 culinary recipes. From Christmas cookies, Christmas confections and Christmas cakes to soups, salads and other starters to main courses, side dishes, desserts and Christmas drinks, our Christmas book contains traditional and modern dishes from the Icelandic Christmas season.

Now we are eagerly waiting for our first test print!

[Translated from here.]