This book offers a taste of some of the traditional dishes of Iceland - everything from poached lumpfish to smoked lamb.

Those are the dishes that most Icelanders grew up with and are still cooking at home. All the recipes are easy to follow if you have access to Iceland's fresh ingredients, which makes these traditional dishes a delight to cook and delicious to eat.

The author is Iceland's best known food writer. She has written two large encyclopeadic cookbooks and currently writes for Iceland's most popular culinary magazine.

Most of the recipes in this book have been used in her family for decades