North: The New Nordic Cuisine of Iceland: The New Nordic Cuisine of Iceland [A Cookbook]

I've eaten at Dill with my eight year old daughter, the meal was an Odin's hunt through the strange and beautiful landscape of Iceland.It was delicious. My daughter and I disagreed. The book reflects the restaurant, the scenery, the topography and people of Iceland. Enchanting and interesting but equally unexpected and unearthly.

I loved the photos of Iceland in the book. The recipes are interesting although there could be a problem getting some the ingredients. However some of them you could order from Iceland. My daughter's comment makes a lovely coffee table book. I am please with it and I will try out some of the recipes and adapt them when you can't get the right ingredients.

I love this book. I found Gislason writings about local and traditional foods and the people raising them fascinating.

The book is great and it teaches a lot about Icelandic food. But I doubt it is very "cookable" since it's a chef's book

Brilliant book great photos and a very good insight into the rich history and culture. Love it

Lovely food and well explained step by step processes to creating meals you will love

My son is a chef and he loves this style of cooking so this book is perfect

a lot of method to cook and ideas

Excellent text, illustrations and recipes. As a coffee table book as well as a fine food book, this transported me back to the amazing food, peoples, culture and landscape I experienced in Iceland.

This book is awesome and so many things to learn about Nordic cuisine.

Ich war mir nicht ganz sicher, welche Bewertung ich hier geben soll. Das erste Exemplar, das ich erhalten habe, war in einem ziemlich ramponierten Zustand und ging zurück. Das zweite Exemplar war dann in Ordnung. Das Buch selbst finde ich sehr schön. Neben vielen Rezepten gibt es immer wieder Interviews mit Isländern, die z.B. in der Landwirtschaft arbeiten und die in den Rezepten verwendeten Zutaten produzieren. Dazu gibt es neben Bildern der Gerichte auch noch isländische Landschaftsfotos. Das wichtigste an einem Kochbuch sind aber natürlich die Rezepte. Hier wird eine großes Spektrum abgedeckt, allerdings sollte man sich bewusst sein, dass hier ein Restaurantkoch auf recht hohem Niveau schreibt bzw. kocht. Das heißt, es ist nicht immer möglich, alle Zutaten aufzutreiben - vor allem, wenn man nicht in Island lebt. Und an der ein oder anderen Stelle sollte man die Rezepte für den Hausgebrauch etwas vereinfachen. Das Buch liefert aber auf jeden Fall jede Menge Ideen und gute Rezepte. Und dazu noch etwas Hintergrundwissen über Island, die Küche und die Lebensweise. Von daher habe ich mich dann am Ende doch für 5 Sterne entschieden und kann das Buch ganz klar empfehlen.

This book includes far more than Chef Gunnar Karl Gíslason's recipes for his inventive and creatively beautiful dishes. This book is also a tour of Iceland, mostly gastronomic, and its history. As far as the cookbook part goes, the recipes are amazing, but in truth, there are few that I will even attempt to make. The skyr? Definitely, and perhaps a few more. But most of the recipes are either too dependent on molecular gastronomic techniques or on ingredients that are either too difficult or too expensive to source if you are not in Iceland. Even if you are in Iceland, the ingredients can be terribly expensive. That said, reading recipes that are worthy of a Michelin star is an adventure unto its own. These recipes are not Icelandic comfort food; there is no plokkfiskur (as delicious as that can be) here. This is Icelandic food taken to its limit. The interviews with the farmers and food producers who live and work in the often unforgiving landscape, seascape and harsh climate swings that define Iceland, is a book unto itself. The birch harvester/caretaker, the hardfiskur producer, the dairy farmers, the rugbraud bakers (and the underground pit ovens!), the greenhouses without which Iceland would have little fresh produce, the incredible sustainability, and, most of all, the love and respect that Icelanders have for their land and their traditions. If you have never visited Iceland, this book may get you thinking about going. If you have visited Iceland, this book will make you long to go back.

Great book