the first glögg of the season

This is glögg. Glögg is a spiced wine you warm up and serve with almonds and raisins in little tiny cups during the Christmas season.
On Friday, we had our first snow here in the South of Sweden. It was a heavy, wet snow. Almost like sleet but a bit more solid. I didn't get any pictures because it was 4:00 in the afternoon and pitch black outside. We were out on a walk. A cold, wet, snowy walk. And even though my husband claimed it was "too early in the year for glögg" I convinced him that the first snowfall should be celebrated with a warm  cup of glögg. So we bought ourselves a bottle of glögg, lit some candles, and settled down to a cozy evening with Dexter Season 3.

Come December 1st we'll be drinking more glögg, eating saffronbuns, gingerbread cookies, and my new favorite Julknäckebröd- which is a hard bread flavored with anise and fennel. I'll be making that later today so be looking forward to that recipe.
In the mean time, you can go here to see a few photos of our apartment. Not very food related except there's a photo of our huge kitchen and the "bar" area.