Oct 3rd, 2012 at 10:00AM: The locavore turn seems to be everywhere in evidence. An intensified interest in local food products, the rediscovery of forgotten local food traditions and creative attempts to merge various culinary heritages with modern preparation techniques all fuel this turn.
One side effect of this movement is the increased prominence, in many places, of local food products – on menus, in markets ...Click on a label to read posts from that part of the world.
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Northern Iceland: A Locavore Tour
Oct 3rd, 2012 at 10:00AM: The locavore turn seems to be everywhere in evidence. An intensified interest in local food products, the rediscovery of forgotten local food traditions and creative attempts to merge various culinary heritages with modern preparation techniques all fuel this turn.
One side effect of this movement is the increased prominence, in many places, of local food products – on menus, in markets ...Five Exciting Things About Iceland's Second City
Apr 6th, 2012 at 10:00AM:
Akureyri is Iceland's second city. It's not Iceland's second largest city in terms of population – that honor goes to Kópavogur just south of Reyjkavík – but it is the country's second city in cultural terms. Akureyri may have just 18,000 residents but with its range of tourist facilities, restaurants, hotels, guesthouses and cultural institutions, it possesses a ...Sigur Rós Heima Trailer
Sep 3rd, 2007 at 5:15PM:
Sigur Rós is a band from Iceland. This coming November, they'll be releasing a live DVD called Heima which chronicles their return home over several live shows. I just saw the trailer for the DVD today (above), and it's exquisite. I've never been to Iceland, so I can't speak first-handedly, but the outdoor footage in the trailer is absolutely gorgeous and very surreal. Many of the ...
