Food – Page 2 – Greenland from the Outside In

Normal people collect flowers, rocks. But we’re not all normal, are we. I once knew a cat that collected leaves instead of dead…

A couple of years ago, the Australian Ambassador to Denmark visited Nuuk and, through the grapevine, his office was put in touch with…

Reindeer hunting season is upon us again. Hunting is an integral part of life in Greenland. Gun ownership is high, but gun violence…

Last week, when my husband was camping in northwest Greenland, a failed helicopter resupply left him without a few days’ worth of meat….

This is a recipe for Greenlandic salad. Three of the five ingredients are meat – ‘mattak’ (whale fat and skin), seal meat, and…

June 21st is Greenland’s National Day and the longest day of the year. It’s celebrated in every town and settlement in Greenland with…

We have a six hundred metre roll of cling film in one of our kitchen drawers. We’ve had it for three years and…

Fishing in Greenland is like, well, shooting fish in a barrel. I grew up spending my Christmas holidays in Australia, on the beach…

Greenlandic food is an acquired taste. Our son discovered this the hard way at kindergarten. Like most Greenlandic kindergartens, his had a kitchen…

Greenland from the Outside In