Cuisine

Crunch or cringe? Finnish companies cultivate insect cuisine

How would you feel if you found yourself facing a plate of food made from bugs? At an insect cuisine tasting event, the crowd seems anxious but eager. Insect eating looks set for a breakthrough in Finland, especially as regulations are changing. And we’ve got recipes!

Life & society Cuisine

Around the world with Finnish Your Dinner

An experience that will live long in the memories of the participants, Finnish Your Dinner brought people together at celebrations all over the world 100 days before Finland’s 100th Independence Day.

Life & society Cuisine

Finnish sauna cuisine: Cooking time may vary

Along with “sisu” (the Finnish combination of guts and perseverance), “sauna” is one of the words most closely connected with the essence of Finnishness. The author of a sauna cookbook – yes, of course there’s a sauna cookbook – shares her tips.

Arts & culture Cuisine

Helsinki’s Flow Festival: Great for vegetarians

Flow Festival is known for more than music; it’s also about food – and there’s also plenty for vegetarians to enjoy. But you don’t have to wait for the festival weekend, since almost all the dishes we sample here are on offer all year round in Helsinki.

Life & society Cuisine

A pun for party people: Finnish Your Dinner, under the sky

What makes an outdoor meal into a full-fledged, unforgettable dining experience? Maybe it’s the white tablecloth.

Business & innovation Entrepreneurs

Pulled oats conquered Finland: The world is next

Finnish Gold&Green Foods developed a vegan meat alternative that could help mitigate climate change.

Life & society Finnishness

Pronouncing Finnish: The kalsarikännit video edition

The Chicago Tribune, Vogue and other major media are onto an exceptional Finnish word: “kalsarikännit.” How do you even say that?

Life & society Cuisine

Rye bread reigns as the Finnish food

Rye bread wins the title of Finland’s national food in a vote held in honour of the 100th anniversary of Finnish independence. What’s more, February 28, 2017 is not only the annual Finnish Culture Day, but also has one-year pop-up status as Rye Day.

Crunch or cringe? Finnish companies cultivate insect cuisine

Around the world with Finnish Your Dinner

Finnish sauna cuisine: Cooking time may vary

Helsinki’s Flow Festival: Great for vegetarians

A pun for party people: Finnish Your Dinner, under the sky

Pulled oats conquered Finland: The world is next

Pronouncing Finnish: The kalsarikännit video edition

Rye bread reigns as *the* Finnish food

Rye bread reigns as the Finnish food