Ingredients: 2 dl chicken broth 2 stalks fresh lemongrass, sliced 4 dried kaffir lime leaves A thumb-size piece of fresh galangal or ginger, sliced 2 red chilies, chopped evenly 2 tablespoons fish sauce (available at the international shops in town) 1 1/2 teaspoons brown sugar 6-8 black tiger shrimp, peeled Juice from one lime 2 scallions, sliced 1 handful fresh [...]

Ingredients: 6-7 medium potatoes, peeled 1 whole yellow onion 5-6 large eggs 2-3 cups of olive oil for pan frying Salt to taste   Cut the peeled potatoes in half lengthwise. Then, with the flat side on the cutting surface, slice the potato in pieces approximately 1/8″ thick. If you slice them a bit thick, don’t worry – it will [...]

Dear advisor, I fell in love. But not with anybody ordinary, with a very special and unique person. But let me start from the beginning – when I started going to Kraft, my only hope was to lose some additional kilos and make my belly look flatter. To achieve that, I went there at different times of the day and [...]

Dear Sun, So far you’ve presented us with nothing more than clouds, and we rarely see you coming out of them. I am on the verge of losing my sanity, seeing all the posts of my friends from Southern Norway and the rest of the world, already enjoying spring. I would really love to share that excitement with them, but [...]

This is a nice cold drink/dessert and the great advantage is that you can get the coffee everywhere and from everywhere, however I must suggest, Colombian coffee always.   Ingredients: 2 ½ cups heavy cream 1 cup of coffee (it can be either instant coffee or from the coffee maker, the important thing is to make it stronger, so use [...]

Dear Cupid! What happened to you?! Are you blind or did somebody steal your bow and arrows? You don’t shoot my crushes any more, which brings me a lot of pain and sadness. I gave you names of all 9 of them and still NO ACTION! I am totally giving them signs, passing them in the university halls and looking [...]

A classic Ecuadorian recipe: shrimp marinated in lime and orange juice with red onions, tomato and cilantro   2lb of cooked shrimp (if bought raw, try cooking it in beer or coconut milk for amazing flavor) 2 red onions sliced very thinly 4 tomatoes sliced very thinly The juice of 10-15 limes The juice of 1 orange ½ cup of [...]

A traditional hot beverage served in Central America.  For more cinnamon flavor, sprinkle some cinnamon on top! 3 cans (15.25 oz. each) sweet whole kernel corn (about 4 cups) undrained, divided; reserve 1/4 cup kernels for garnish 2 1/2 cups water, divided 1/4 cup granulated sugar 1 cinnamon stick Pinch of salt 2 cans (12 fl. oz. each) Evaporated milk [...]

Dear Environmental Groups: Its sweet lil ole Statoil writing to say…why, why, why do you hate me so much?!  My feelings are really starting to get hurt!  Every year I hold a couple of nice little conferences, trying to convince people I am not so bad, but for some reason all of you people seem to think I’m the freaking [...]

  Dear Weatherman: Um, hello.  I just want to say: “WHAT THE HELL!?” Are you serious?  Where was the summer?  I watched the dang weather report every single day this summer and did the little icon of a smiling sun ever appear in the high north of Norway?  NO!  It was rain, rain, and damn it, more rain!  And now [...]