If you heard anything about Denmark you might have heard of Tivoli, a big entertainment garden planted directly onto the epicentre of Copenhagen. It was opened in 1843 and has since then been built out, refined, and in some ways demolished (but that’s a whole different story). I have been permanently in love with this […]
Author Archives: Anders Arhoj
September 30, 2010
Packaging Whore: Agnes Cupcakes (CPH)
A cupcake is like generic sex. Looks like an ok fun party from the outside, but when you dig in, it’s dull, sticky and in the end it just makes you wanna throw up. Right now, you’re probably thinking “Oh no, not another cupcake post. Weren’t cupcakes something that belonged to the 2000’s?” And yes, […]
September 29, 2010
Skankynaiva: The Danish Orangerie
What defines youth? 
Is it the age of our bodies when they’re crisp and fresh and still full of get go? Or is it more of a spiritual definition? Sometimes age really is just a number. My parents are good friends with a married couple who are in their 60’s but act nothing like it-– […]
September 22, 2010
Skankynavia: Danish Blackberry Pie
If I had a garden, I would go crazy. Everyone thinks having a big garden invokes peace and tranquility in the mind. WRONG! It gives you a constant nagging feeling of stress and frustration. The lawn must be mown, bushes cut, apples picked, weed removed, flowers planted, birds scared away, vegetables watered… Aargh it just […]
September 15, 2010
Skankynavia: My Mom’s Kitchen
It’s finally fall in Denmark, everything is moody, rainy, rotting and falling apart. It’s my favourite part of the year. This weekend I jumped on the train and 6 hours later I got out at the other end of the country. My parents live far away from everything– two km to the nearest neighbour. So […]
September 8, 2010
Skankynavia: Goat’s Tits Surprise
I was never a big fan of tits. Maybe when I was a wee infant, but these days I have absolutely no interest. Women’s tits, elephant tits, it’s all a blur. Even if the coolest dinosaurs had tits, I’d still prefer a frozen daiquri and the newest episode of Project Runway. Except, sometimes the stuff […]
September 1, 2010
Skankynavia: Grabbing Spinach By Its Balls
So I’m having an old friend over for dinner, and he’s a vegetarian. Don’t we all hate cooking for vegetarians? None of my tried-and-true-recipes-for-normal-carnivore guests, like Beetroot Chicken or Bloody Pot Roast Beef, would fit the food customs of my friend. Luckily I recently had a fab side dish at another (non-vegetarian) dinner party some […]
August 25, 2010
Packaging Whore: Toxic Terror!
I sometimes wonder whether my generation (of 1979) will explode in a green toxic waste cloud when we turn 40. Raised throughout the 1980’s on a chemical food diet consisting of added preservatives, taste perfumes and E-numbers galore, our bodies have grown up in dirty soil and now there’s no way back (check the latest […]
August 18, 2010
Skankynavia: The Mile High (Dining) Club
I have a friend (let’s call him Mr. X) who’s both a Japanophile and a shopaholic. Not that this is a bad thing – the combination means that his apartment is a treasure chamber of Japanese collector’s items, beautifully rustic ceramics and a kitchen swollen with all kinds of Tokyo food imports. Mr. X used […]
August 11, 2010
Skankynavia: The Art of Growing Shiso
I am not a gardener. I have no interest in physical labour, no patience for watching stuff grow and I’m always too busy for watering. But after spending one year looking at a pack of Japanese Shiso leaf seeds I got from Yoko (a pure shisoholic) I had to cave in and try it out […]