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New Nordic cuisine - simmering imagination

Nordic co-operation is important to Icelanders. The Nordic kitchen is one of the forums for Nordic co-operation, where many herbs are taught. Last week, the Icelandic Farmers' Association reported the Embla Nordic Food Prize where nominations for seven categories are requested until 17 April. Two days later, on April 19, the deadline for submitting project ideas expires the office of the Nordic Council of Ministers  which are based on food for the Nordic youth flowers on the one hand, and on the branding / promotion of Nordic food culture and its values on the other.  

A new Nordic cuisine is under the auspices of the Nordic Council of Ministers. The aim of the program is to bring the ideology of Nordic cuisine into the homes and institutions of the Nordic countries and to encourage innovation in food product development and local food production. The plan refers to the new Nordic food policy statement from 2004.

The Nordic Farmers' Association has agreed to hold a Nordic food prize entitled Embla. Embla is scheduled to be delivered every other year, the first delivery will be in Denmark in 2017 at the invitation of the Danish farmers' association Landbrug & Fødevarer. The award ceremony will take place at the conference of the Danish Ministry of Environment and Food "Better Food for More People" at Copenhagen Cooking in August nk. Those who put delicacies on the table of all of us. Those who give everything and solidify the traditional. Those who bring the Nordic kitchen to life and enrich the art of gastronomy as it is. To those who bring us Nordic cuisine on a silver platter so we're all hungry for more."

Nordic cuisine, food culture and its value are often held in high esteem internationally.
The Nordic Region is often seen as a single market, in order to continue to promote positive development and to attract more visitors to the Nordic region, continued Nordic co-operation is needed on the development of knowledge and the definition of Nordic food culture in the international arena. Searched for Assignments based on strong Nordic co-operation that can lead to the introduction of new Nordic cuisine.

It is also advertised for Assignments which aims to link joy with food and create knowledge about food and consumption and skills in cooking for children and young people in the Nordic countries, as well as to arouse their interest in Nordic food. 

Interested parties are encouraged to get involved.

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