Everyone knows that Southern is followed by hospitality, so had to know how different Northern Hospitality is.

The recipes and the dishes are so unique. Much care is taken regarding how a guest/customer should feel.

Sima, a fermented lemonade.

Hunt+Alpine club is only five years old but has its uniqueness with its signature green chile popcorn. Counting to know popcorn is done. I thought that was limited to timing thunder, lightning and such livewire stuff. But so is popcorn.

This is a great book. It has great recipes for drinks and Scandinavian style food. The recipes come from the The Portland Hunt + Alpine Club restaurant and bar in Portland. The recipes, pictures, and stories are all great. If you like entertaining this book would be a great addition to your home bar as well as your kitchen.

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I love to collect cookbooks from all different parts of the world. Ethnic food opens up a world of possibilities in the kitchen. I have never had a cookbook that focused on Scandinavian food. I don't eat a lot of seafood so there wasn't a ton in here that I would personally eat, but I would definitely make these recipes for my family.

This is a fab book for those looking to emulate and create their own version of Northern Hospitality. This book has everything you could need.

Based on Recipes From the Portland Maine Bat and Restaurant these recipes are meant to be enjoyed while keeping warm. The cocktails and food recipes are creative. The photographs are beautiful. The authors also include tips and suggestions on how to enjoy winter. This book will make a wonderful gift. Enjoy

Andrew Volk, along with his wife, Briana Volk, opened the Portland Hunt + Alpine Club in 2013. This upscale cocktail bar features both traditional and fancy innovative cocktails, as well as Scandinavian food. The bar has won numerous awards, and the recipes are now included in an excellent cookbook, Northern Hospitality with The Portland Hunt + Alpine Club: A Celebration of Cocktails, Cooking, and Coming Together.

Of course, making the cocktails and foods featured in this cookbook won’t quite capture the ambience of the Portland Hunt + Alpine Club, which is located in Portland, Maine, but there are enough recipes to make for a fabulous gathering. The book also includes vignettes and stories that make for good reading if not ready to cook or mix cocktails. Once ready to cook or mix, however, the recipes are well-written and easy to follow. The photographs are beautiful, and make it difficult to choose what to make next.

The Salmon Soup is an excellent place to start; it is easy and delicious. Good breads are a must with a good meal, and there is a good recipe for real pretzels (food grade lye is available online), and a fabulous version of Pulla (Finnish Cardamom Bread). If you like rice pudding you’ll want to try Briana’s Scandinavian version of Riccipurra which is excellent, especially with the Finnish Fruit Soup which is ladled over the top. Her Dill Potato Salad is a nice change from traditional potato salad. There is a section featuring easy pickles, and Swedish Meatballs to die for. There are custards and pancakes, including Aebleskivers, all fairly easy to make and every recipe seems to turn out picture perfect.

Of course, the focus of the book is on the fancy, innovative cocktails; there are excellent photographs of each, and good instructions. Cocktail lovers can’t go wrong and will love the new ideas for cocktails that their guests will love.

Anyone who loves good cocktails and Scandinavian foods will want to pick up this excellent cookbook.

Special thanks to NetGalley for supplying a review copy of this book.

This is a beautiful and inspiring cookbook. Perfect for those who want to develop their culinary skills in creating Scandinavian inspired food and amazing cocktails. If you love to host parties, this book will give you ideas on pairing drinks and snacks together.

To be honest, I feel that some of the cocktail recipes in this book are a bit on the fancy side. But no need to worry, there is still plenty of other recipes to try. Some recipes I tried: Sima, Hot Buttered Rum, Sloe Gin Fizz, Smoked Trout Devilled Eggs, Salmon Soup, Cucumber - Apple Kimchi, and Swedish Meatball Soup. They are very delicious and easy enough to prepare on weeknights. One of a particular recipe, Oven Pancakes is becoming a regular breakfast item for my family since they love it so much!

** Thank you to Voyageur Press and #NetGalley for providing me this digital copy of this cookbook **

Really good book for those interested in the topic.

Northern Hospitality is remarked about in all areas of the country... now a book to teach you how.

Admittedly, I’m not the ideal customer of this book, since I rarely drink mixed drinks, but it was just so dang much fun to *read*, and to share the Andrew and Briana Volk’s enthusiasm for good food, good drinks and entertainment. (And I’m pretty sure that if I attended one of their parties, I’d make an exception and try anything I was offered!)

Northern Hospitality is chock full of drink recipes, the mixers for which will surely send you running to a supply store. It also has a handful of recipes, which reflect Briana’s Finnish heritage and the Volks’ home on the Maine coast.

This is one of the best and most balanced books that I read that is trying to combine more things and it's not strictly a cookbook or cocktail book. This book fits perfectly in the hosting category, featuring lots of cocktails, great recipes to share with people, great stories that are not how to do something, but a "how we do something" and it simply pulls into those events mentioned.

The main point of the book are cocktails, of course, because the authors own a bar and the husband is a bartender. They know a lot of classics and their history, which make this more than a cocktail recipe book.

The passion of the authors is coming to life from these pages, and it's a book I cannot recommend enough - although it might not be on everyone's taste when it comes to recipes and cocktails (but I did "pin" some for me to try soon).

Great photos!

An excellent book for readers looking to up their cocktail game. The beverages included in the book are complex but not overwhelming. If the authors ask you to use a unique or hard to find ingredient they point you towards sources or recipes for homemade versions. As someone from Northern Minnesota and a Scandinavian background it was fun to see flavors and ingredients familiar to me played with in a funky new way and I am excited to recreate the recipes found in the book.

I really enjoyed this book! The pictures were pretty and i loved all the little stories included in it as well! Recipes are easy to follow and quite tasty,.

Such an amazing book that is full of drinks and snacks to build yourself one wonderful party. My favourite chapters are the ones detailing oysters and the other that has the winter warmers.
More than anything, it’s got me wanting to book a holiday to Portland, stat.

Northern Hospitality with The Portland Hunt + Alpine Club
A Celebration of Cocktails, Cooking, and Coming Together
by Andrew Volk, Briana Volk

What I found in the pages of this book were beautiful photos, entertaining stories, wonderful recipes for foods I have never tasted, cocktails with ingredients that sound intriguing and personal anecdotes and words of wisdom shared by the authors. I wondered how so many unique ideas had come to mind and who might have tasted the variations until one cocktail was finalized and named then shared with others. I believe that Andrew and Briana must have an establishment that draws people in, provides a warm atmosphere and then hooks the guest making them want to return again and again. Sadly I do not live near enough to visit but do believe someday I would like to see Maine and stop in to try a cocktail and say hello.

Thank you to NetGalley and Quarto Publishing Group – Voyageur Press for the ARC - This is my honest review.

4-5 Stars

Being from the South I know Southern Hospitality but never have I heard of Northern Hospitality. But this book has really opened my eyes to how people up North do things. This book is full of character and charm. I love how it has recipes for many different things. I really appreciate it and can’t wait to sink my teeth I to some of these yummy treats.

An interesting book. Full of recipes, especially for drinks, but there are also a few snack recipes (that go with drinks) included as well. I like the discussion of Aquavit, and would like to try the homemade version with herbs and vodka. It is a liquor we have enjoyed for years, as there are plenty of Norsemen around my area of the upper midwest. Perhaps more on foods, but otherwise I enjoyed this book and highly recommend it for your reading and library. Fun read.

I have a bookshelf full of good cookbooks. Those that are not only educational...after all, that's what we look for in a cookbook...but also those that tell me the story behind the cooking. Northern Hospitality has now earned a spot on the top shelf! We've always been pretty boring with cocktails, no experimenting with results, but I'm inspired to at least try a couple of these. Now the recipes: I've got post it notes stuck on many of the pages to go back to. This is the type of cookbook that you recommend to friends and gift copies of to your cooking relatives.

This is a fun, drink & food book with beautiful photography! The type of book that makes you wish you were in the midst of it all! Count me in!

This is a special kind of cookbook. It combines drinks with food, according to themes like seasons or gatherings. It evens includes a glossary. It was a fun read, can wait to try some recipes!

Thank you Quarto Publishing for the e-copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.

Cocktails, cocktail ingredients (i.e. syrup), nuts, olives, traditional dishes, fire-safety for bartenders, and so much more. Wonderful pictures make this a perfectly hygge read/recipe book for entertaining a few friends, or a lot of friends. There is something in this for everyone.

By the way, I've tried the Spanish Coffee. This drink is wow! I love it!