Recipe of the Week: Chinese Egg Tarts
Chinese Egg Tarts are an icon, a foodie mascot on any dim sum menu. What a way to end our Chinese-themed recipes this February.
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Swedish Traditions: Lördagsgodis – the Saturday Sweet Stampede
- by Rebecca Martin
- 22 Feb 2013
Rampaging animals? A demonstration turned riot? No, it’s Saturday at the Swedish pick-n-mix counter. Just in time for the weekend, YLC explains the deal with Lördagsgodis. Anyone who’s wandered into their local ICA or Konsum on any given Saturday would have noticed the scores of normally healthy Swedes, both tall and small, chucking aside the […]
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For better or worse: Love in a foreign land – Part 1
- by YLC Stockholm
- 19 Feb 2013
In the first of a series of articles on love in Sweden, Lysanne Sizoopsychotherapist UKCP reg., considers the issues faced by expats when either one or both halves of a couple are in a foreign country. Part 1: At home or abroad.
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Lysanne Sizoo, journalist, author and psychotherapist UKCP reg.
- by YLC Stockholm
- 18 Feb 2013
Lysanne Sizoo has been working as an international counsellor and coach for the past twenty years. In 2009, she founded the first and only international counselling centre in Stockholm which she sold in 2013 to spend more time on her writing projects. She divides her time between coaching and writing. She regularly holds workshops in […]
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Recipe of the Week: Buddha’s Delight
- by YLC Stockholm
- 17 Feb 2013
This vegetarian dish was traditionally enjoyed by Buddhist (vegetarian) monks, but is now savoured by all, particularly on New Year’s Day. Although it is usually made with 10 main ingredients (as below), more elaborate versions can contain up to 35, each of which has a special significance. For extra flavour, vegetarian stock can be used […]
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Recipe of the Week: Chinese New Year Fish Dishes
- by YLC Stockholm
- 10 Feb 2013
It’s the big day today! Happy Chinese New Year or 新年快樂! To celebrate, we have two very special and authentic fish dishes from two different regions of China. The word for fish, “Yu,” sounds like the words both for wish and abundance, so serving fish dishes at the end of the meal symbolizes a wish […]
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Children’s Health care in Sweden
- by YLC Stockholm
- 8 Feb 2013
Nothing is worse than having a sick child. But one thing that will make you feel a little better is knowing that healthcare for children in Sweden is good quality and low cost.
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Valentine’s Day in Stockholm 2013
- by YLC Stockholm
- 5 Feb 2013
Stockholm is one of the most romantic cities in the world, so why not head out this Valentine’s Day and have a romantic experience you’ll never forget!
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Recipe of the Week: Jiaozi (Dumplings)
- by YLC Stockholm
- 3 Feb 2013
Who doesn’t love Chinese dumplings? Aside from being tasty and versatile, they bring together families at this festive time not only to eat, but to cook together for Chinese New Year.
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Swedish Traditions: February – Flowers, Skiing and Fat Tuesday
- by YLC Stockholm
- 1 Feb 2013
Ah, February, month of love. Where better to celebrate Valentine’s than in Stockholm with its beauty and romance? If this is making you queasy, ignore the 14th and find a better reason to feel nauseous: overindulgence in semlor. Those sweet buns stuffed with cream are the way that Swedes celebrate ‘Fettisdagen’ or Fat Day as it […]