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Watch an audio slideshow of how traditional Icelandic rhubarb stew is made. Rhubarb is one of the few vegetables that grows effortlessly in Iceland and for that reason it used to be a highly-valued addition to the traditional diet of fish and lamb.
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The 2013 Food & Fun Festival, combining “outstanding culinary skills, fresh natural ingredients, Icelandic outdoor adventure and the … Reykjavík nightlife,” will be held for the 12th time February 27 to March 3.
Photo: Páll Stefánsson/Iceland Review.
Visiting master chefs collaborate with a range of restaurants in Iceland’s capital, where they prepare a special menu made with Icelandic ingredients only. On the last day of the festival, the chefs compete by making three courses with Icelandic ingredients.
The chefs come from all over the world but mainly from North America, Europe and Scandinavia. One of them will be crowned the ‘Food & Fun Chef of the Year,’ an honor that has become respected in the culinary world, as stated in a press release.
The festival plays an important role in introducing and promoting Icelandic ingredients to foreign chefs, media and tourists, and has been coverage widely in the foreign media. More than 200 foreign journalists have visited the festival since its establishment.
The National Geographic named Food & Fun as one of the best culinary festivals in the world in 2011.
The festival is sponsored by its co-founder Icelandair, the City of Reykjavík and the Federation of Industries in Iceland.
For further information, go to foodandfun.is.
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Icelandic mountaineer Ingólfur Geir Gissurarson made it up the summit of the world’s highest mountain, Everest at 8,848 meters, by the South East Ridge at 1 am Icelandic time last night. At 50, he is the fifth and oldest Icelander to make the climb.
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The Identification Committee of the National Commissioner of the Icelandic Police is working on the identification of a body swept up on the beach at Kaldbaksvík in Strandir, the eastern West Fjords, on Saturday. The body was found by travelers in the area.
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Outgoing Prime Minister of Iceland Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir stated that The Simpsons episode which was dedicated to Iceland and premiered on Sunday had definitely served as good promotion for the country.
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The party council of the Independence Party and central committee of the Progressive Party have been called to separate meetings tonight to discuss the planned coalition of the two parties in Iceland’s next government.
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The 2013 April-May issue of Iceland Review & Atlantica has been released. Packed with informative and entertaining stories, highlights include an interview with outgoing Prime Minister Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir and the people who know her best, a photo essay of ice caves in Europe’s largest glacier and a colorful feature on life in the West Fjords.
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REVIEWS
The 11th Reykjavík Shorts & Docs. Catch it while it lasts!
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Artist couple Nína Ivanova and Ómar Smári Kristinsson explain why they decided to settle in the West Fjords’ capital.
Reykjavík Queer Choir’s annual spring concert takes place on Friday, May 24.
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