Smoked Herring With Tomato and Greens (Kentumere) The aroma always takes me back. My grandmother, a fiery woman with a kitchen that smelled perpetually of woodsmoke and something wonderfully savory, used to make a dish very similar to this. It wasn’t exactly the same, her version included okra and a secret blend of spices she … Read more
Smoked Herring With Tomato and Greens (Kentumere) The first time I tasted something remotely like this Kentumere dish, I was backpacking through coastal Ghana. A tiny roadside stall, more of a shack really, was serving up steaming bowls of something that smelled intensely of the sea and warm spices. Curiosity, and the rumbling of my … Read more
Rökt Sillsalad: A Taste of Scandinavian Heritage The memory of Rökt Sillsalad, or Kippered Herring Salad, is deeply etched in my childhood. My grandmother, a first-generation Swedish immigrant, would meticulously prepare this dish for special occasions, her weathered hands moving with a practiced grace that spoke of generations past. The sharp, distinctive aroma of the … Read more