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...

Signed with a designer. Since 2020, I’ve worked with two designers. Both of whom I ended the partnership with. Not because they weren’t...

Book launch in The British Museum? In mid-October I went to the British Museum for two reasons.   1. I wanted to show my five-year-old...

Received the manuscript. Last week, my story editor sent back my manuscript with hundreds of suggestions. I was terrified at first but...

Design Hunt. I’ve been working on Table of Gods since 2019. Together with my family, scholars, photographers, food stylists, editors,...

I’m Done with the Manuscript. After writing almost daily for five years, I’ve now completed the manuscript. It’s a huge storytelling...

Scholars Reviewing My Work. From the left, Dr. Brad Hafford, Dr. Salvatore Gaspa, and Dr. Simo Parpola. Table of Gods is not an academic...

Pausing Social Media and YouTube. In early May, I began feeling stressed. Partly due to my self-imposed deadlines to complete the book in...

284 Recipe Testers From All Over the World. Just like many other things in this project, I had no experience with recipe testers. I...

Last Chance to Be a Recipe Tester. After five years of researching, cooking, and editing, the recipes in Table of Gods are done. To make...