The Nordic Kitchen opens for demonstration at Norsk Høstfest in Minot, North Dakota
Dacotah Bank brings new feature to this year’s Høstfest in early October 2013.
Nordic Kitchen sponsored by Dacotah Bank — new to this year’s Norsk Høstfest in Minot, North Dakota – will feature some of Scandinavia’s finest chefs and food artists. The Nordic Kitchen will be located in Helsinki Hall at Høstfest, which is scheduled for October 1 – 5, 2013.
Dacotah Bank is delighted to announce the Norwegian food artist and online sensation Ida Skivenes will be demonstrating in the Nordic Kitchen at Norsk Høstfest. Skivenes will be creating art in the kitchen for Høstfest onlookers that will also be available for purchase.
Ida Skivenes’ food art version of “The Scream”. (Photo courtesy of Norsk Høstfest)
Play With Your Food!
A new face at this year’s Norsk Høstfest, Ida Skivenes is cooking up a display that’s sure to please foodies and art enthusiasts alike.
Skivenes is a statistician-turned-food artist from Oslo, Norway. In the summer of 2007, she turned her daily breakfast plates into art projects and shared them with the world via the social networking platform Instagram. In no time, she achieved “viral” success, amassing tens of thousands of fans on her @IdaFrosk account.
Today, Skivenes has a following of more than 300,000 users — and she’s taking her show on the road to Norsk Høstfest, where she plans to add a distinctly Scandinavian twist to her art.
“I want to use Norwegian ingredients like salmon, brown cheese and berries,” said Skivenes.
Food artist Ida Skivenes (Photo courtesy of Norsk Høstfest)
And what about subject matter?
“I’ll design some Norwegian landscapes — and perhaps some trolls,” she said. “I’d also like to do a version of ‘The Scream’ (by Norwegian artist Edvard Munch).”
Skivenes will be creating her food art in the newly created Nordic Kitchen — sponsored by Dacotah Bank — which highlights kitchen demonstrations. Høstfest goers will have the opportunity to purchase her work. She’ll also be displaying photographs of some of her most successful food art.
In addition, Høstfest attendees will have the opportunity to purchase Skivenes’s debut book, “Eat Your Art Out: Playful Breakfasts by IdaFrosk”, before it hits the bookstores October 15, 2013.
“The book is sort of a mix between a cookbook and an art book,” Skivenes said.
Skivenes’s latest work can be found online at Instagram (@IdaFrosk), or at her website, idafrosk.com.
Danish-born marzipan expert Charlotte Wetche will also be in Minot, North Dakota
Also presenting in the Nordic Kitchen will be marzipan expert, Charlotte Wetche, president of Odense Marcipan US (www.odense-marcipan.us). Marzipan, a confection consisting of almonds and sugar (also known as almond paste), is used in pastry delights in Europe and has a strong association with holidays and family tradition.
Danish-born marzipan expert Charlotte Wetche
For two days, the Danish-born Wetche and great-granddaughter of Odense Marcipan’s founder, will be demonstrating to the Nordic Kitchen’s audience how to use their products in everyday pastry making.
The Nordic Kitchen will also host other demonstrating guests during Norsk Høstfest. For more information, please visit hostfest.com.
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