Beechwood

As the books about Halvdan travel to the British Isles, I find myself looking forward to the next instalment almost as much as Eddie does. While perhaps not entirely historically accurate, especially in terms of language, the books by Martin Widmark och Mats Vänehem still manage to open worlds and it is near impossible not to get drawn in.

For other forms of exploration, I discovered some Spanish salsify at COOP today which I turned into a warming soup together with scallion, ginger and rosemary. Far from the heat of the continent, today felt very much like autumn in Umeå so soup and Beechwood smoked cheddar from Snowdonia it is.