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The best “Historical meal literature 2023” goes to Matarvets trådar
The best “Historical meal literature 2023” goes to Matarvets trådar
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Award for book on culinary heritage

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At the award ceremony for Swedish Meal Literature of the Year 2023 at the Royal Academy of Forestry and Agriculture in Stockholm, the book Matarvets trådar: från antik fisksås till svenskt fredagsmys was awarded the prize for best “Historical meal literature” by Måltidsakademien.

The justification reads: "How is food knowledge conveyed? Well, it's not just through grandmothers and grandfathers. This well-learned anthology shows the complicated paths that guided our culinary impulses until today's “fredagsmys”, the outdoor grill and the return of the turnip.”

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Matarvets trådar (Carlssons bokförlag 2023)
Matarvets trådar (Carlssons bokförlag 2023)

Jenny Högström Berntson, you are one of the editors of the anthology Matarvets trådar, how does it feel to receive an award for the book?

- It feels fantastic and very honouring. Food heritage is close to my heart, and it has been lovely to work with this anthology, and to be able to capture so much different knowledge about food and cultural heritage.

Do you have plans for another book on foodways?

- Well, it is not at all impossible. We have a fairly large network called #matarv (food and heritage) where we collaborate on research and collections about food, traditions and cultural heritage. We have so far published two anthologies about food and cultural heritage, and also produce the podcast, Matarvspodden, where culinary heritage is the common thread.

Baking cookies at Sörängen's housewive school (more about recipes and food memories from Sörängen in the book).
Baking cookies at Sörängen's housewive school. You can read more about recipes and food memories from Sörängen's housewife school in the anthology Matarvets trådar.
Photo: Privat foto, fotograf okänd.
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Book information
Högström Berntson, Jenny & Schedin, Pernilla (red.) (2023). Matarvets trådar: från antik fisksås till svenskt fredagsmys. Stockholm: Carlssons

More about Måltidsakademin: Om Måltidsakademien – Måltidsakademien (akademierna.se)

More about the winners: Pressreleaser 2023 (xn--mltidslitteratur-dob.se)