Smart Mouth: Wine Essentials for You, Me, and Everyone We Know
8.290 kr.A smart, witty, and delightfully informative guide to discovering and embracing wine, from the lauded former sommelier of Eleven Madison Park and Momofuku and the founder of Ramona spritzes.
Jordan Salcito was drawn to wine from a young age (her father shared memories of making wine with his father in their basement in their Italian American community), but she didn’t encounter great wine until she moved to New York and started working harvests at world-renowned wineries in Burgundy.
Over the years of sommelier exams, wine tastings, and creating award-winning programs at top restaurants, she honed her palate and her own criteria for choosing the perfect bottle for any occasion. Using her personal journey as a template, she demystifies this beloved beverage for everyone, sharing vital information so you can be confident in finding wines that you love, too.
Jordan starts with a framework for tasting wine (where it all begins), then leads you through the wine making process, from the importance of soil quality to the best harvesting practices, explaining how each decision influences the final wine. She offers invaluable advice on navigating restaurant wine lists and cultivating your own tastes so you can find your new favorites. Jordan also teaches you how to define a personalized criteria so you can identify what you love, and then drink it.
Full of practical advice on understanding your beverage arsenal, historical tidbits that make the world of wine make more sense, and illustrations and infographs, Smart Mouth gives you permission to feel smart about wine and then go forth with confidence, drinking what you love. You’ll know what wine tools you actually need and what to get instead of Champagne when you’re hosting on a budget.
The wine world is large, but figuring out what you love doesn’t have to be overwhelming. The only expert in what tastes delicious to you is you. Smart Mouth will help you discover what that is.
Franco Pepe: Pizza Chef
9.590 kr.The story, ideology, and recipes of master pizzaiolo Franco Pepe, founder of the world-famous Pizzeria Pepe in Grani Franco Pepe is no ordinary pizzaiolo – he’s a culinary genius who has revolutionized the world of pizza. Born into a family of bakers, Pepe mastered the craft of traditional pizza-making before dedicating himself to experimentation with ancient flour blends and fermentation methods. He founded his restaurant, Pepe in Grani, in Caiazzo, near Naples, and quickly gained worldwide acclaim, attracting hordes of food-savvy travelers with exceptional pizzas made with his unique signature dough and high-quality, locally sourced ingredients.
Franco Pepe: Pizza Chef reveals how Pepe elevated the humble pizza to new culinary heights. Packed with rich storytelling and vivid photographs, the cookbook uncovers the secrets behind Pepe’s artistry and presents 30 exclusive recipes designed for home cooks. Beginning with the simple, rustic Pizza a Libretto, the recipe collection ranges from La Ritrovata, a nostalgic homage to Pepe’s father’s pizza marinara, and Memento, a plant-based pizza featuring chickpea cream, to the sweet and savory Crisommola del Vesuvio, inspired by Franco’s desire to use rare local apricots, and Sensazione di Costiera, which brings together the citrus scents and seafood flavors of the Amalfi Coast.
Together, the recipes reveal Pepe’s passion for high-quality, locally sourced ingredients and the delicate balance of flavors that make his pizzas so exceptional. The book also features forewords by food writer Faith Willinger, chef and author Nancy Silverton, and food writer and pizza aficionado Daniel Young.
The Hygge Life
4.990 kr.Equal parts cookbook and lifestyle guide, this cozy little book shows you how to cultivate comfort and contentment and embrace life’s small pleasures with the Danish practice of hygge.
Hygge (loosely translated as “coziness”) is centered around the idea of inviting comforting elements into day-to-day life while creating warmth, community, and intimacy. The Hygge Life teaches you how small gestures (putting wool blankets and warm cider out for guests) or larger undertakings (building bonfires and making campfire bread to celebrate solstice) can warm the psyche and foster hygge, with more than 30 recipes for cozy and comforting food and drinks.
H-gítar píanó próekt
8.490 kr.10 lög fyrir léttan leik á flygil og sjöstrengja gítar eftir Gímaldin.
Art and Revolution: Ernst Neizvestny and the Role of the Artist
3.690 kr.John Berger explores the life and work of Ernst Neizvestny, who, after clashing with Khrushchev, was excluded from the ranks of officially approved Soviet artists. Abandoned to obscurity, Neizvestny laboured to realize a monumental and very public vision of art. Exiled to the United States, he finally found recognition, returning to his homeland with the fall of the Berlin Wall.
Berger’s account illuminates the very meaning of revolutionary art. In his struggle against official orthodoxy – which brought him into face-to-face conflict with Khrushchev himself – Neizvestny was fight-ing not for a merely personal or aesthetic vision, but for recognition of the social role of art. His sculptures earn a place in the world by reflecting the courage of a whole people, commemorating, in an age of mass suffering, the resistance and endurance of millions.
Gunnar Hansson: Arkitektinn og verk hans / The Architect and His Works
13.390 kr.Gunnar Hansson (1925 – 1989) var einn af þeim arkitektum sem ruddi nýjum áherslum leið inn í húsbyggingar og hverfisskipulag hérlendis. Pétur H. Ármannsson skrifar um feril og verk Gunnars og skoðar þau í samhengi alþjóðlegs arkitektúrs um leið og hann varpar ljósi á ævi hans og samtíma. Bókin inniheldur myndir af öllum helstu verkum Gunnars, auk fjölda húsateikninga arkitektsins sjálfs. Bókin er á íslensku og ensku. 224 bls.
Gunnar Hansson (1925 – 1989) was one of the architects who paved the way for new approaches in building construction and urban planning in Iceland. Pétur H. Ármannsson writes about Gunnar’s career and works, examining them in the context of international architecture while shedding light on his life and contemporary era.
Syng, mín sál: 40 söngvar úr íslenskum handritum fyrri alda
6.890 kr.Ómissandi bók fyrir allt áhugafólk um íslenska tónlistarmenningu. Lögin sem hér eru loks gerð aðgengileg eru af margvíslegum toga en eiga það sameiginlegt að hafa fyrir óralöngu lífgað upp á til veruna í hrjóstrugu landi á hjara veraldar.
Íslensk handrit frá fyrri öldum hafa að geyma hundruð sönglaga en fæst þeirra hafa verið aðgengileg flytjendum og áhugafólki um tónlist. Nú hefur Árni Heimir Ingólfs son safnað saman 40 lögum úr þessum handritum. Þau eru af margvíslegum toga en eiga það sameiginlegt að hafa fyrir óralöngu lífgað upp á til veruna í hrjóstrugu landi á hjara veraldar.
Elstu lögin eru frá fimmtándu öld en þau yngstu frá þeirri átjándu og gefa þau góða mynd af tónlistarlífi á Íslandi í ríflega þrjár aldir. Í bókinni er einnig að finna greinargóðar skýringar á uppruna laganna og sögulegu samhengi þeirra.
Árni Heimir Ingólfsson er mikilvirkur fræðimaður á sviði íslenskrar tónlistarsögu. Hann hefur í þrígang verið tilnefndur til Íslensku bókmenntaverðlaunanna fyrir bækur sínar, nú síðast Tónar útlaganna.
Syng, mín sál er ómissandi bók fyrir allt áhugafólk um íslenska tónlistarmenningu.
Són 23 (2025)
5.390 kr.Ársritið SÓN birtir greinar á sviði ljóðlistar og skáldskaparfræða, ný ljóð og ritdóma. Sónarskáldið 2025 er Kristín Ómarsdóttir. Þetta hefti hverfist að miklu leyti um samtímaljóðlist en varpar líka ljósi samtímans á eldri ljóðlist. Þannig sinnir tímaritið hlutverki sínu, hugar að liðnum tímum en líka ólgu dagsins, lesið meira:
Í heftinu er að finna ítarlega grein, SKURÐPUNKTUR SKÖPUNAR, þar sem rýnt er í hlutskipti íslenskra ljóðskálda nú á dögum og hugað að þeim breytingum sem hafa átt sér stað í útgáfu ljóðabóka á Íslandi síðustu áratugina. Fjallað er sérstaklega viðamikla sjálfsútgáfu íslenskra ljóðskálda. Greinin er góður upptaktur að þeim fjölda umsagna um ljóðabækur sem eru í þessu hefti og hafa aldrei verið fleiri. Fjallað er um 44 ljóðabækur, þar af 36 frumsamdar, sex ljóðaþýðingar og tvö ljóðasöfn.
Auk Sónarskáldsins, Kristínar Ómarsdóttur, birta sex önnur íslensk samtímaskáld ljóð í heftinu og einnig birtist íslensk þýðing á mögnuðu ádrepuljóði Emily Gorcensky sem fangar vel þá undarlegu tíma sem við lifum á.
Ein ritrýnd grein er í SÓN að þessu sinni og er hún um margt óvenjuleg því hún er afrakstur samvinnu á milli umhverfistónskálds og bókmenntafræðings og kallast ÞEGAR FYRIRBÆRI FLÆÐA. Greininni mætti lýsa sem fræðilegum hugleiðingum sem sprottnar eru af hendingunni „Í jöklinum hljóða dauðadjúpar sprungur“ í Sofðu, unga ástin mín. Hendingin verður höfundum kveikja hugleiðinga sem tengjast jöklum, ekki síst hopun þeirra og loftslagsbreytingum.
Þá er í heftinu merkilegt fræðslukvæði í rímnabúningi frá nítjándu öld. Kvæðið er eftir Jón Bergsted og kallast FÆÐINGARHJÁLPIN en þar er lýst í 114 erindum getnaði, meðgöngu, fæðingu og fæðingarhjálp.
Ritstjóri tímaritsins er Soffía Auður Birgisdóttir og hægt er að gerast áskrifandi hjá henni á soffiab@hi.is. Áskrift kostar 5000 kr. Að baki útgáfu tímaritsins stendur óðfræðifélagið BOÐN og eru ljóðaunnendur hvattir til að leggja tímaritinu lið með áskrift.
Poor Artists
3.690 kr.Why make art? Faced with a capitalist system that has turned art into artwork and creative expression into cut-throat competition, why do so many artists try anyway?In this eye-opening journey through the bizarre world of contemporary art, criticism duo The White Pube tell the story of art like never before.
Poor Artists follows aspiring artist Quest Talukdar through childhood obsessions, art school lessons and her professional debut. In surreal encounters with other artists, Quest learns profound truths about money and power, and must decide whether she cares more about success or staying true to herself.
Blending imaginative storytelling with dialogue from anonymized interviews with real people in the art world who have all had to wrestle with the same decisions – including a Turner Prize winner or two, a few ghosts, a Venice Biennale fraudster and a communist messiah – Poor Artists is a powerful testimony to the emotional, existential and financial experience of artists today.
Stríðsárin 1938-1945
5.990 kr.Í þessu magnþrungna stórvirki er Ísland fært inn á landakort heimsstyrjaldarinnar síðari og sýnt hvernig það varð órofa hluti af hildarleiknum sem fram fór um víða veröld – og ekki síst á hafinu kringum landið. Grimmd, lífsþorsti, hetjudáðir og hryllingur stríðsátakanna er dreginn fram í fjölda frásagna, fréttaskeyta, leyniskjala, dagbóka og minningabrota, auk þess sem verkið geymir aragrúa ljósmynda, innlendra og erlendra, sem margar koma nú í fyrsta sinn fyrir almenningssjónir.
Páll Baldvin Baldvinsson, bókmenntafræðingur og menningarrýnir, hefur um árabil haft brennandi áhuga á þessu einstæða tímabili í sögu þjóðarinnar. Verkið er afrakstur gríðarlega umfangsmikillar vinnu hans við söfnun ljósmynda, endurminninga og annarra heimilda um stríðsárin.
Galdrastafir – Historical Icelandic magic symbols
4.990 kr.In the 1800s and early 1900s, the tradition of Icelandic magical symbols (galdrastafir) was in decline. At the same time, these symbols, once forbidden upon penalty of death, became the subject of increased interest in the scholarly community. One such scholar was Jónas Jónasson, a priest, folklore collector, and antiquarian who collected and compiled historical Icelandic symbols before his death in 1918. His labors resulted in a manuscript he titled simply Galdrastafir. Now, for the first time, this lush and beautiful book translates and reproduces material and presents