Finland has flown in one of its government's top chefs for the EU summit in Brussels on Thursday (14 December) in a bid to persuade leaders such as France's Jacques Chirac its cooking is not the worst in the world.
The 25 EU leaders will at 20:00 local time on Thursday hold a brief conversation on the EU constitution before diving into blinis with Finnish fish roe, followed by seasonal deer and finished off with a cloudberry mousse from Lapland.
"The fact that Finnish food has b...
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Already a member? Login hereAndrew Rettman is EUobserver's foreign editor, writing about foreign and security issues since 2005. He is Polish, but grew up in the UK, and lives in Brussels. He has also written for The Guardian, The Times of London, and Intelligence Online.
Andrew Rettman is EUobserver's foreign editor, writing about foreign and security issues since 2005. He is Polish, but grew up in the UK, and lives in Brussels. He has also written for The Guardian, The Times of London, and Intelligence Online.