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    Good Food

    Faviken: Twelve Seats on 20,000 Acres

    Magnus Nilsson is the chef and owner of Faviken , a 12-seat restaurant on a 20,000-acre property in northern Sweden. His corresponding cookbook , published this year, highlights his simple and straightforward approach to cooking with the ingredients that are available to him.

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    By Evan Kleiman • May 12, 2014 • 1 min read

    Magnus Nilsson

    is the chef and owner of

    Faviken, a 12

    -seat restaurant on a 20,000-acre property in northern Sweden. His

    corresponding cookbook, published this year, highlights his simple and straightforward approach to cooking with the ingredients that are available to him.

    Good Food blog.

    The full episode

    4 of 8
    Best Cookbooks of 2012: Jerusalem, Burma, Faviken
    1. 0:00Market Report
    2. 7:20'Jerusalem,' the Cookbook of the Year
    3. 15:54The Flavors of Burma
    4. 23:45Faviken: Twelve Seats on 20,000 AcresYou’re reading this
    5. 30:05Why Are There No Great Women Chefs?
    6. 38:08Susan Feniger's Street
    7. 46:26Hakka Food
    8. 52:12Tender Southern Biscuits at The Hart and the Hunter
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      Evan Kleiman

      host 'Good Food'

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      Gillian Ferguson

      Supervising Producer, Good Food

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      Laryl Garcia

      Senior Director, Good Food

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      Sarah Rogozen

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    The full episode

    4 of 8
    Best Cookbooks of 2012: Jerusalem, Burma, Faviken
    1. 0:00Market Report
    2. 7:20'Jerusalem,' the Cookbook of the Year
    3. 15:54The Flavors of Burma
    4. 23:45Faviken: Twelve Seats on 20,000 AcresYou’re reading this
    5. 30:05Why Are There No Great Women Chefs?
    6. 38:08Susan Feniger's Street
    7. 46:26Hakka Food
    8. 52:12Tender Southern Biscuits at The Hart and the Hunter
    Back to Good Food