ABOUT THIS COOK:

• What is the strangest food you have ever eaten?
  Rakørret (fantastic fermented Norwegian trout) / Akiriket (freshly killed Turkana goat in Kenya, cooked ceremoniously on a bonfire erected specifically for the ceremony: the liver as well as the meat was great)

• What do you cook when home alone?
  A kind of stove-top frittata made with vegetables and remainders of various cheeses

• Your most treasured kitchen possession:
  My grand mother's old wooden masher which can be used for mashing potatoes and rutabagas and for crushing dried bread for bread crumbs

• The ideal number of guests for a dinner party is:
  5