Norwegian cooking is simple and generous: North Sea fish, potatoes, butter, cream and a strong baking tradition scented with cardamom. Here you will find skolebrød, cardamom buns filled with vanilla custard and topped with desiccated coconut, krumkake, thin Christmas wafer cookies rolled into cones, and lefse, very thin potato flatbreads spread with butter, sugar and cinnamon. For dinner, kjøttkaker, big nutmeg beef meatballs simmered in brown gravy, and fiskekaker, white fish cakes browned in butter, are the country’s great family dishes. Each recipe tells the story of the dish and gives tips to get it right at home.