I Can't Crack Jokes Because

But When Spring And Summer Happens, It's Intuition. Everything Is Based On Intuition. There's Not Too Much Time To Overthink, Over-complicate. Those Wild Strawberries, They Might Be There For Two Days.

There's No Media Training. In Cooking School, There's Not Even Manager Training. You Learn The Fundamentals Of Cooking. Everything Else Is Learning By Doing.

I Started To Change. It Was Sort Of A Restaurant Mid-life Crisis, You Could Say. I Lost A Lot Of Confidence, Not So Much As A Father Or As A Friend, But As A Boss, As A Chef That's To Make Decisions Throughout The Day All The Time. I Just Slowly Started Burning Out. Once You Lose Your Confidence Like That, You Start Being Angry In The Kitchen. I Couldn't Recognize Myself Anymore. I Started Writing The Journal. It Was Never Meant To Be A Book, But The Editor At Phaidon Read Parts Of It. As Editors Do, I Guess.

The Traditional Roots Of Scandinavian Cuisine Are Not That Spectacular, To Say The Least. When We Write About The Traditions That We Are Inspired By, It's More Techniques Like Smoking, Preserving. Many Of Them Are Not Made To Make Food Delicious; They're Just Around So That You Can Make Food Last Through The Winter. There Isn't A Great Deal Of Tradition To Tap Into.

People Will Travel Anywhere For Good Food - It's Crazy.