How to pronounce “nordi” in English

Nordic-- Oh, Nordic House on San Pablo.

The Nordics are a really interesting case study because they do have so many progressive policies.

Because I think that Nordic food culture is one of the most misunderstood food cultures on the planet.

And those are Nordic dishes, but that's not really what people eat on an everyday basis either.

is of Nordic baking culture.

And the Nordic region, it's inhabited by about 26 million people.

populated as the Nordic region, this effect would have been further exaggerated simply because there is just much more distance between each person that you

And in the Nordics, baking culture, it's not carried primarily by commercial bakeries, but rather by people in their homes.

None of them said Nordic.

culture and Nordic baking culture, but you found that you knew a lot less than you did.

than a common Nordic one.

And the Nordic region, it's a geographical region.

these are mostly the Nordic countries, which we'll return to later on, because Finland is a very interesting story.

So the Nordic Swan ecolabel has a standard for remanufactured toner cartridges.

Highest in the Nordic countries in Europe, lower in a country like the UK, where I live currently.

And none of the Nordic countries are a utopia-- far from it.

Because the Nordic Region, it's simply a geographical area.

And the Nordic Region, it's Scandinavia plus Finland, in the east, and then Aland, in between Finland and Sweden in the Baltic Sea, the Faroe Islands,

I'm not Nordic. And most people feel the same way.

Because the Nordic Region can be divided into cultural regions.

One thing with the Nordic region is that most people don't really know what it is.

And the Nordics is Scandinavia, plus Finland in the east, and a little island called Aland in between Finland and Sweden, and the Faroe Islands, and Iceland, and Greenland also.

One thing with the Nordic region also, it's a geographical construction.

And in the Nordic region, you'll have loaves of bread, historically, as the base of sandwiches basically from a line around Stockholm

Beer in the Nordic region is not-- we don't have a huge beer culture.

But all of these Nordic foods are based on preservation and trying to get through the winter.

about and what Nordic cuisine-- contemporary Nordic cuisine-- is about?

could get that Nordic kitchen on the map.

You are a nordic queen, a princess. We will concentrate on the name Ingrid Bergman, and you will always be as you were with me just now.

same time these five Nordic countries have developed a social welfare system where everybody,

So the Nordic formula, not just the Icelandic one, but also from Norway, Sweden, Finland and Denmark, has created what The Economist, the preeminent weekly economic newspaper in

and Sweden-- Finland is part of the Nordic countries, it isn't Scandinavian-- they spend a huge amount of money on education

So if you go to the Nordic countries, you might get skiing at the top or tennis in others, but Formula One is invariably there.

But there's talk of Nordic food coming.

And usually Denmark and the other Nordic countries come out on top when we look at a national average.

And this latest one-- "The Nordic Baking Book"-- it actually marks the end to a six year research process that's produced "The Nordic Cookbook" after three years

And there are definitely bakeries in the Nordics.

There's always been bakeries in the Nordics.

And most of the cities in the Nordics are in the southern third of Sweden, a bit on the southwest coast of Finland, all of Denmark,

If you look all over the Nordics, we've had four different grains who've all been equally important to specific parts of the region.

Do you think there is a broader Nordic identity that even though the national identity that is emerging or that you would like to see?

But you can divide the Nordic region into two cultural regions-- one that's Swedish influenced.

The Eco Mark in Japan and Nordic Swan certify biofuels.

And then I like the Nordic countries, so they're actually taking one step further and subsidizing

But I don't think new Nordic's possible here in North America.

And this obviously also applies for the Nordic region.

So if you look at the Nordic Region, you have basically an area from Stockholm and then south over Denmark, which is densely populated enough

they don't identify themselves as Nordic.

I started traveling around all the Nordics and collecting recipes, basically interviewing people,