Posted by Mindy Lvoff Sorry for the confusion, everyone!  We have been honoring the true Swedish spelling of the word skÃ¥l, using an “a” with a small “o” sitting above it.  This has caused some questions as to whether it’s skoal or skal.  The definitive answer: “skoal” is acceptable, but using “skal” is not the […]
Posted by Mindy Nguyen We’ve “skÃ¥led” a lot of people over the past four months. After explaining the history of the Skoal Project and the significance of the great Max von Sydow (can you believe that there are people out there who still haven’t heard about this?), we set them on their mark and let […]
Posted by Dave Arnold Well, The FCI hosted a movie premiere party last night for the new documentary “Food, Inc.” The students cooked for the glitterati. It was a great success. Of course, we had to skÃ¥l these guys. We will post more on Friday, but for now we’ll leave it at this: I spent a […]
Today we are posting our first ever mortal enemy skÃ¥l smackdown. Our friend Dave Chang is well known for having beef with certain individuals. Here is Chang and his public enemy number one, the blogger Josh Ozersky. To go with the hate we are posting some love. Here are the significant others of the Cooking […]
Posted by Sophie Brickman I’d been up to my elbows, literally, in duck fat all morning, preparing for a skÃ¥l party to take place the next day. What, you ask, is a skÃ¥l party? It is based on an ancient Swedish custom wherein individuals from all walks of life gather to enjoy food, and take […]
