23 Dec 2024
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Expat Cookbook: Beef & Vermicelli Salad

As summer arrives, we turn our thoughts to dishing up light and refreshing lunches. Suitably fitting our culinary desires to the T is this new Asian salad that beautifully marries the flavours of China with South East Asia’s, especially when it is harmoniously accompanied by a thirst quenching cider or a nicely chilled rosé. Ingredients: […]

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Interview: Meet inspiring author and film maker Naseem Quraishi-Larsson

We are living in a world where women want to be more than just storytellers. Women want to inspire more than they did before. We talked to Naseem Quraishi-Larsson, who is a CEO and film producer for QL Filmdevelopment. She is an author, public speaker, and film maker with a strategy and change consultant background. She […]

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Expat Cookbook

Expat Cookbook: Cheddar Soufflé

Nothing impresses more at a dinner party than serving a home-cooked soufflé. And when it is offered as a savoury appetizer, be prepared for the oohs and ahs to quadruple, especially when you share that this recipe draws culinary inspiration from that created by the chef who presides over a Michelin starred restaurant in the […]

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Mitt Livs Chans gives academic immigrants a chance

What is Mitt Livs Chans? Mitt Liv AB (svb) is a social enterprise focused on a vision of an inclusive society and a labour market that values diversity. The core of our business currently centres on the mentoring program Mitt Livs Chans.  This unique program/course aims to bridge the gap between qualified people of foreign […]

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In Pictures: Stockholm St. Patrick’s Day Parade 2016

The Stockholm St. Patrick’s Day Parade was held on Saturday 19th of March and the route took the green parade from Humlegården to the Old Town via Stureplan, Nybroplan, the Grand Hotel, the Royal Castle and the House of Parliament. YLC’s Nina Uddin followed along the route with her camera.    

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Community Expat Cookbook

Expat Cookbook: Brazilian Mussel Paella

Mariscada do Baiana hails from Santo Amaro in Brazil, with its strong African elements and where coconut-milk-laden recipes are typical. Normally served soupy, simple twists transform this Mussels With Rice dish into a Spanish inspiration – a comforting paella, rich with crusty bits sticking to the bottom of the frying pan, and yet still tasting […]

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Open doors to create a future

A person or an organization fighting for integration will not only give you the power to fight, but the hope to dream about something that wouldn’t have been possible otherwise when you’re a foreigner. Maslow’s hierarchy of needs gives us the path for a life fulfilled with harmony. Besides the biological, physiological, safety and love […]

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Culture Music Swedish Culture

Melodifestivalen: Your Guide to the 2016 Final

The travelling music extravaganza we lovingly know as MELLO is reaching its climax on Saturday the 12th of March. Here’s your guide to the big final of Melodifestivalen! Melodifestivalen is a very big deal in Sweden. Even though it is the Swedish qualifications round for the Eurovision Song Contest, it is bigger than Eurovision – […]

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My Favorite Cafes – In and Around Stockholm

One of my absolute favorite things about Sweden is the Swedish fika, or coffee break. Swedes have utterly perfected this fika thing, which actually encompasses much more than simply taking the American “ten minute coffee break” at work. It is a social institution, utilized by friends, family and the work place alike, and almost always […]

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Expat Cookbook

Expat Cookbook: Shellfish Bisque

It is a shame that many of us just bin the shells and heads whenever we serve up a prawn or langoustine dish, especially when what we discard gives such a wonderful fragrance and taste when used to make a contemporary-Irish-inspired shellfish bisque that keeps you warm as toast in nippy March in Stockholm. Ingredients: […]

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