New: Book about the two-time Michelin star restaurant KOKS

The new coffee table book about the two-time Michelin star restaurant KOKS and its Head Chef, Poul Andrias Ziska, is published by Sprotin. The book takes the reader on a culinary round trip to all the 18 islands and includes lots of exciting recipes from the Head Chef. The pictures are by Danish photographer Claes Bech-Poulsen, and the text is written by Irish born and London based writer Tim Ecott (The Land of Maybe - a Faroe Islands Year, 2020) and translated into Faroese by Jonhard Mikkelsen.

Here is an excerpt of the introduction to the book by Head Chef Poul Andrias Ziska:
”I was born here – surrounded by the forces of nature, the smell of the rolling Atlantic Ocean and the sight of rugged peaks cloaked in green. To be Faroese is to understand that we have had to survive in an isolated landscape for more than a thousand years, a place where no trees grow, where the soil is thin and the wind makes growing crops a daily challenge. We have always eaten what is available locally, the plants, animals and fish that survive here. The flavours I create in the kitchen come from that landscape; they can be raw and powerful, and some of our ingredients - such as wild sea-birds - may be challenging. In this book, I hope we can show you a little of what life is like in this rugged, windswept place. The photography – by Claes Bech-Poulsen – reveals some of Koks’ latest dishes, but also portrays the raw beauty of the land and sea where the food was born. The chapter texts - by Tim Ecott - convey something of the essential spirit of the Faroes. This book will take you to each of the islands, and bring you a snapshot of what we try to do at Koks. I hope that chefs will be inspired by the recipes, and that general readers will understand better how we live here today. Most of all, I hope it captures the essence of the islands in all their raw power. “