The Local Sweden https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Sweden in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Swedish team wins Europe's pastry championship A team of Swedish bakers triumphed at the European Pastry Cup, hosted in the Italian city of Turin over the weekend. https://www.thelocal.se/20180611/swedish-team-wins-pastry-championship Mon, 11 Jun 2018 12:03:05 +0200 swedish-team-wins-pastry-championship Swedish chef creates hybrid 'nacho semla bun' A Swedish pastry chef has combined two culinary traditions in his latest sweet creation: a bizarre-sounding, but apparently delicious, ‘nacho semla bun’. https://www.thelocal.se/20180110/swedish-chef-creates-hybrid-nacho-semla-bun Wed, 10 Jan 2018 16:58:42 +0100 swedish-chef-creates-hybrid-nacho-semla-bun Would you eat this Swedish hybrid saffron bun kebab this Christmas? In Sweden, almost every festival has a traditional food to go with it, and for Lucia Day in mid-December, that food is the saffron bun. But one Swedish baker put a twist on the dish, creating a hybrid Lucia kebab, with the meat encased in a saffron pastry. https://www.thelocal.se/20171214/swedish-fast-food-restaurant-creates-hybrid-saffron-bun-kebab Thu, 14 Dec 2017 17:33:03 +0100 swedish-fast-food-restaurant-creates-hybrid-saffron-bun-kebab