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New Scandinavian Cooking: Rich Farmland

A colorful green salad with vegetables and flowers. In this episode of NEW SCANDINAVIAN COOKING, host Andreas visits the county of Hedmark in Eastern Norway, a region known for big farms and abundance of produce.
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A colorful green salad with vegetables and flowers. In this episode of NEW SCANDINAVIAN COOKING, host Andreas visits the county of Hedmark in Eastern Norway, a region known for big farms and abundance of produce.

Airs Saturday, August 25, 2012 at 4 p.m. on KPBS TV

Award-winning TV host, food journalist and cookbook author Andreas Viestad returns for more culinary adventures in the third season of NEW SCANDINAVIAN COOKING. Shot on location in Andreas' native Norway, the series offers a rich visual tour of Nordic cuisine, culture and history.

Recipes

Get recipes for the tantalizing dishes featured in NEW SCANDINAVIAN COOKING.

In each episode, Andreas makes tantalizing dishes in stunning outdoor locations using locally sourced vegetables, grains, fish and wild game. This season, Andreas also makes special trips to Scotland and Japan, where chefs use Norway's chief export — fish — in unexpected ways ways.

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"Rich Farmland" - In this episode, Andreas visits the county of Hedmark in Eastern Norway, a region known for big farms and abundance of produce.

Inspired by 19th-century recipes of Norway's first cookbook writer, Andreas makes beef meatballs, sour cream porridge with air-cured ham and thick steaks served with mushroom ragu and potato gratin.

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