New Scandinavian Cooking

- Season 6

(2008)

Tina Nordström hikes the glacier in Western Norway, before she takes us to Lofoten, a string of islands stretching into the Atlantic in Northern Norway, where she visits a longbow house at the Viking museum, Lofotr.

Sara La Fountain hikes among the lakes, pine trees and hilltops in the heavily forested region of Karelia, near Finland's border with Russia. She makes porridge over an open fire and learns how to make the perfect stock.

In his hometown of Oslo, the capital of Norway and home of the Nobel Peace Prize, host Andreas Viestad prepares a homegrown, yet exotic, modern Norwegian meal.

Host Claus Meyer visits Hvide Sande on the windy coast of Jutland, in Western Denmark, where fisheries and lighthouses dot the coastline.

In Helsinki, the capital of Finland, host Sara La Fountain makes a traditional Finnish dish on a rooftop, and visits an island fortress to make a "pink" picnic.

Tina Nordström visits Åland, Finland's autonomous island in the Baltic Sea, where she prepares delicious food on the deck of an historic ship.

Sara La Fountain visits a local fisherman in Åland in the Baltic Sea, before she prepares whitefish on board a large sailing ship. La Fountain also scuba dives among the shipwrecks in the area.

Andreas Viestad follows in the footsteps of his ancestors by sailing between the capitals Copenhagen and Oslo, aboard an old sailing ship. He makes Brazilian-style dishes from dried Norwegian cod and unveils the story of aquavit.

On a crisp and clear winter day, Claus Meyer visits the white cliffs of the island Møn in Denmark, where he makes vitamin-packed juice and cooks codfish on the beach.

Tina Nordström starts at the southern tip of Sweden before she bikes to the Danish capital of Copenhagen, a city known for its open-faced sandwiches and smoked fish.

Andreas Viestad visits Stavanger, where he cooks delicious fish courses and a spectacular dessert prepared with performance art, that involves manipulation of fire.

Sara La Fountain begins her cooking journey on the islands of Åland in Finland's apple county, and ends up in Cognac, a French region famous for producing the brandy, cognac.

Tina Nordström visits a fish farm in Jøsenfjorden in South Western Norway, where she prepares white halibut, and pampers herself at a local spa.