A dish of pure yumjoy!

There is no Eid without the sweet dish vermicelli or seviya eaten in the Indian Subcontinent, and by those of us who share in that heritage. My swedish mom makes a killer seviya! Yumjoy!

Try to eat just one

I dare you. The name on the box might say "Candy Cane Joe Joe's," but I think that the nickname I gave these cookies--Christmas Crack--is much more apt. Just TRY to eat only one... they're basically Oreo cookies with candy cane creme filling... it is truly impossible. They are totally addictive and I, for one, have no qualms about dealing these out and spreading the addiction. Maybe if there's enough demand for them, Trader Joe's will start carrying them year round instead of just around Christmas time. Bought these in California, spreading the addiction in Tokyo, one poor innocent at a time.

Swedish Treats

There have been so many holidays overlapping each other the past weeks. Eid ul Adha, Christmas, Hannukah and New Years.

Although we don't celebrate christmas, the traditional Swedish baking that is done is very much part of our yearly routine. We fill the table and stomach with lussebullar (saffron buns), knäck (a kind of fudge with hazelnuts), kokosbollar (chocolate oatmeal balls covered in coconut) and pepparkakor (ginger bread cookies), to name a few. Stockholm, Sweden.

sufganyot..

our jam doughnut hanuka delight.. israel..