Review: How to Hygge

How to Hygge by Signe Johansen
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

3.5 stars!

This is a lovely cookbook/lifestyle guide on how to live the 'Scandinavian' way, complete with loads of beautiful photos, stories, recipes, and snappy lists at the end of each chapter to really sum up each concept. Scandinavia is all the rage these days, slowly replacing très chic France and the Mediterranean as the new-best-way-to-live-long-and-be-happy. As a self-professed 'Scandophile' I was super excited to delve into this book to learn just how exactly one may bring more hygge, or 'cosiness' into one's life. Though of course, much like the Dutch gezellig, trying to attain hygge almost defeats the point of it entirely, and it really is an overall feeling than an actual event or a 'thing' to accomplish. Want a less convoluted explanation than what I just gave you? Read this book! Need more explanation/inspiration on living hygge after reading this book? Read The Year of Living Danishly: My Twelve Months Unearthing the Secrets of the World's Happiest Country, one that I enjoyed immensely and which also satisfied my Scandi-cravings.

I recommend reading this in actual book form if you can - I read it on my Kindle and although I could see the photos, I can only imagine how gorgeous they'd be in colour and in print. The recipes sound scrumptious and mostly pretty easy to prepare, while the lifestyle and home decor suggestions highlight both the practical and laid back approach one can only expect from some of the coolest (in my humble opinion) countries in the world.

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