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Some families pass down jewelry. Ours passed down recipes on hand written index cards, recreated from imagination and memories, and with family arguments attached.

This book began after a long silence between us. Not because food fixed everything, but because cooking gave us something to do with our hands while our hearts caught up.

These are the meals that stayed with us.

Sample recipe page

Heather & Hannah’s Fiskesuppe

Norway · No. 01

Creamy cod, shrimp & vegetable fiskesuppe. Based on three recipes, Heather’s adjustments, and Hannah’s fine sense of knowing exactly what it still needs.

  • Skinless wild cod1 piece
  • Skinless wild salmon1 piece
  • Shrimp10–12
  • Carrots, thinly sliced3
  • Fennel bulb, thinly sliced1
  • Crème fraîche½–1 cup
The times we postponed because we had argued
  1. Melt butter in a pot over medium heat.
  2. Add flour and whisk 1–2 minutes to form a smooth roux, no browning.
  3. Add the vegetables, coating with the roux: carrots, fennel, leek, potatoes.
  4. Cook 5–10 minutes until they start to soften and smell sweet.
  5. Slowly add fish stock while whisking until smooth.
Contents
  1. 01Recipes We InheritedGrandma’s kitchen
  2. 02Recipes We BorrowedNorway & SF
  3. 03Recipes We Ruined& tried again
  4. 04Special Occasion MealsHoliday tables
  5. 05Survival FoodOrdinary Tuesdays
The ingredients of this look
Cream
Cocoa
Clay
Tomato
Butter

The name: søndag is Norwegian for Sunday. Fjord meets the Sunday Table.

Type: Instrument Sans carries the structure, borrowed from Fjord; Fraunces italic appears where emotion does, borrowed from Sunday Table.

The idea: Fjord’s calm bones in Sunday’s warm clothes. The same air, dashed hairlines instead of solid ones, numbered everything, but the cold blue swapped for tomato and butter on cream. The whimsy stays quiet: a butter highlight, a hand-drawn squiggle where Fjord would rule a straight line. Photos would still sit large and alone, just on warmer paper.