It seems like Sweden is really having a moment right now. Fifteen years ago when I spent half of tenth grade in Switzerland, people back home consistently mixed up the two countries (“Did you learn to speak…Swedish”?). But nowadays, we’re hopping on cheap flights to Stockholm, making our own gravlax and planning pilgrimages to eat at Faviken. In New York, we’ve also welcomed Swedish coffee chain, FIKA.
I fell in love with the show Chef’s Table the day it came out on Netflix in 2015. I binge-watched all the episodes and found myself deeply touched by every single one- I’m pretty sure each of them made me cry at some point. It was probably the first time that most of us got acquainted with Magnus Nilsson, chef of Fäviken, the restaurant in remote Sweden famous for its very seasonal and of-the-earth dishes. Nilsson himself is quite the character, and during his episode we spend a lot of time following him through the forest as he talks about foraging, his needing-a-wash hair blowing out from under his hat with ear flaps.
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