Remember the secret

Souvenirs et secret

I was looking for a particular picture: one of an Icelandic sheep with Búðir in Snæfelsness in the background. Then I ran on pictures I had taken at the time I was writting my cooking book, The secret of good vinaigrette revealed to Icelanders.

Je cherchais une photo bien en particulier: celle d´un mouton islandais avec Búðir à Snæfesness dans le fond. C´est alors que je suis tombée sur de vieilles photos prises lorsque j´écrivais mon livre de cuisine, Le secret de la vinaigrette révélé aux Islandais.

The book is dedicated to my father who died suddenly when I was writting it, back in 2004

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Le livre est dédié à mon père qui est mort subitement tandis que j´écrivais, fin 2004.

I remember the salad was coming from our garden in Stykki: autumn salad does grow in Iceland during the summer !

Je me rappelle que la salade venait de notre potager à Stykki: les salades d´automne poussent très très bien l´été en Islande!

I draw the sheeps, scanned them and arrange them on a picture I had taken on glacier Törfajökull.

J´ai dessiné les moutons, les ai scannés puis arrangés sur une photo prise sur le glacier Törfajökull.

Look at the gum to held the lid uppright. I obviously changed the color of the lid as well, probably so it would see better in red. Of course, this is all done in Photoshop.
Regardez le bout de chewing-gum pour garder le couvercle droit. Apparemment, j´en ai changé la couleur aussi, probalement pour qu´on le voit mieux en rouge. Tout cela avec Photoshop.

The sauce, a vinaigrette with mustard "à l´ancienne", and the salad were eaten at the end !

La sauce et la salade ont été mangé à la fin!

More than 30 delicious recipes to find in my book: The secret of good vinaigrette revealed to Icelanders (Salka 2005). You´ll find it in my shop.
Plus d´une trentaine de délicieuses recettes de vinaigrettes dans mon livre: Le secret de la vinaigrette révélé aux Islandais (Salka 2005). Tout un programme ! Vous le trouverez dans ma boutique.

Birkiland pops up

On october 4th, Birkiland will open a "pop up" shop for just a week. Birkiland is an Icelandic eshop selling selective Icelandic design, among them my cutters and vinaigrette books. If you want to know more, visit their site, and if you happen to be in Reykjavík at the time, do join the opening party in Gallerý Verðandi at Laugavegi 61 (yes, that´s the adress).

Here is an illustration from my vinaigrette book, The secret of good vinaigrette revealed to Icelanders, where you will learn everything you always wanted to know about French dressing, a little about French moving to Icelnad and a lot weird about Iceland.