Visiting printers and paper mills in Italy. In mid-October I decided to visit the Frankfurt Book Fair to see what it was all about. After all, it’s the world’s largest book fair, and I’m writing a book.    I was reluctant to go, however, thinking the risk of wasting time and money was high.   But I ended up spending eight hours speaking with printers and paper mills, and was so excited I even forgot to eat and drink (I eventually had two döner kebabs and two liters of water b

Always judge a book by its cover. A while back, my mom invited us for dinner. I live one minute away from her (yes, that’s by design) so dinner invitations happen more often than not.   Since I have three toddlers, we usually let them eat first so we may eat in peace.   After my five-year-old son had finished up, we went to the bathroom to clean his hands. My fancy mom had two types of soap: strawberry and olive.    I grabbed the strawberry soap (as any sane person would), bu

Photoshoot. Our first photoshoot was in June 2021, back when we only had about 30 recipes in the book. Over the years, we’ve more than...

Recreating ancient recipes. I want to take you behind the scenes of how we’ve recreated 68 Mesopotamian recipes for Table of Gods —and...

Current status. A few days ago, my uncle invited my family to his villa in the countryside, two hours from Stockholm.   They have a...

22 June 2019 at 23:39. My wife and newborn son were asleep. I was lying on the couch in the living room. Neck bent 90 degrees. Laptop on...

Nobel chef cooks from Table of Gods . Fredrik Eriksson is the gastronomic advisor to the Nobel banquet at Stockholm City Hall and one of...

Building my own printing factory. In early April I started sourcing the best book printers in the world. My initial list was large but I...

Mentioned on Tasting History. Some of you have recently joined the waitlist after watching Max Miller’s episode on Mersu , history’s...

Praise for Table of Gods . After writing for almost six years, I completed the manuscript for Table of Gods  in December 2024.* In...

Design, Design, Design . Over the years, I’ve looked at more book covers than I can count. I’ve ordered dozens of art books to study the...

Praise from beta readers . In mid-December, I sent parts of the manuscript to over 300 beta readers. Reading through their feedback has...