“Mortar is a mixture of sand, lime and water. The surface of the meringues looks like a light mortar that holds and hides a very simple, round shape. The cake almost matches the sand and the beautiful, light-coloured sand dunes at Løkken and the North Sea.”

“The lamb chops and the tangle of green between them are like a labyrinthine town with cobblestones and irregularities between allays and houses. That is what the small medieval town of Motovun in Istria is like. You will also eat well there.”