The Lederman Kitchen

To say the least, I was really excited for St. Patricks Day in Ireland.  Not only did we get to celebrate in Dublin, we got to celebrate with good friends from here and from California! We'll get to the rest of the weekend with Andy and Becky, but first the 17th of March.  We started the day off at home, getting ready with some homemade Irish coffee before venturing out. 50 Shade of Green going on - Becky & Andy brought the fun ears - thanks! I was so excited about my food craft - an Irish Flag   Crudités  plate It was a cold day (it snowed in the morning!), so the goal was to find a pub on the parade route that had a window upstairs with open seats for 6 of us.  As you can imagine, this would be a popular scenario for many on this cold day, so we headed to town early.  Turns out, we got there a little too early, as it was a Sunday and the Pubs can't open until noon - fail.  We retreated to a cafe for another Irish coffee while we wait...

After the perfect start to our trip in Stockholm visiting with My Swedish Family , we filled our weekend with biking, walking, picnicking, soaking up some sun, enjoying the amazing food scene, and swooning over the Swedish lifestyle. Just a little Red, White & Blue This photo below says a lot. The water is so clean in Stockholm, in the middle of the city, that people actually safely fish and swim. And you can believe it just by looking down into the water.  It's clear and there isn't any garbage floating in it.  Pretty amazing for the middle of a city. Just a normal summer's evening, fishing in the Riddarfj ä rden First of many bike rides along the water Friday night, we found a restaurant on Sodermalm island, which was the neighborhood we were staying in.  It was time to try some more classic Swedish dishes: meatballs with potatoes and lingonberries (they have a similar taste to cranberries) and gravlax (salmon cured in salt, lemon and dill) with potat...