Taste of Iceland Brings Icelandic Lamb to DC

Icelandic cuisine and Icelandic Lamb have lately been quite active on the international culinary scene. As part of Taste of Iceland, Washington DC the Chefs, CMC Haflidi Halldorsson and Chef Bjarki Snaer Thorsteinsson a member of The Icelandic Culinary Team presented and taught a class on how to prepare the main ingredients on the Taste […]

A Culinary Olympics dish of roasted Icelandic Lamb

Cooking time: 2 hours | 5 persons If you are looking for an amazing dish using Icelandic lamb created by some of Iceland´s best chefs look no further. The Icelandic Culinary Team competes among the best chefs and is ranked third in the world after the Olympics 2024. The team has many roles: coaching champions of […]

Team Iceland on the Podium with Icelandic Lamb at Culinary Olympics

Icelandic Lamb may not be the first thing that comes to mind when you hear the word Olympics, but it played a major role in helping the Icelandic Culinary Team wow the judges at this year’s Culinary Olympics in the category of National Teams. The competition was fierce, but the most talented chefs in Iceland, […]

Icelandic Lamb Means Christmas

Christmas traditions vary around the world, especially when it comes to food and Iceland is no different. Christmas Eve dinner is the feast of all festive feasts and everyone takes it very seriously. As a result, as families merge and grow, some Christmas food traditions from one branch of the family tree may be the […]

Most People Don’t Understand Sheep

An interview with Pálína Axelsdóttir Njarðvík of FarmlifeIceland “Sheep are fun animals and they are just as different from one another as we are. Some have big personalities, are leaders who always know what they want, while others are happy just following the crowd. Some are excitable, always looking for adventure, while others are just […]

Icelandic Lamb to attain elite PDO status

Icelandic lamb is joining the ranks of the few and the tasty–those select European agricultural products that can proudly boast the protected designation of origin (PDO) label. PDO is the highest level of geographical indication in Europe. Just as you can only call a sparkling wine, Champagne if it is produced in the Champagne region […]

Salt­kjöt og baun­ir

Cooking time: 2 hours | 6 persons Salkjöt og baunir is a tradition of ours at Sprengidagur which literally means exploding or blast day. In the tradition of eating as much as one possibly can in preparation for fasting during the lenten season. Icelanders fill up on salted lamb meat and yellow pea soup. Most […]

How Iceland Does Mardi Gras

When you think Mardi Gras or Fat Tuesday you think parades, music, dancing, drinking and any other and indulgences of all sorts but in Iceland, things are a little different. Instead of Mardi Gras we have Sprengidagur. The weather this time of year in Iceland doesn’t really allow for big parades but it’s perfect for […]

Don’t Call It a Comeback

Icelandic sheep in winter

It could be said that the use of Icelandic wool products had been in decline in recent years but as the detriments and pitfalls of fast fashion become clear, Icelandic wool is making a comeback. But can you really call it a comeback when the Icelandic sheep and its wool have provided nourishment and clothing […]