Home of volcanic beauty; Iceland festival tests chefs.(FOOD)

From: The Washington Times (Washington, DC) | Date: May 17, 2006 | Copyright information

Byline: Corinna Lothar, SPECIAL TO THE WASHINGTON TIMES

REYKJAVIK, Iceland - Fish is as fish does, and fish does a lot in Iceland. "Fish has kept Iceland alive for centuries," says Steinunn Valdis Oskarsdottir, mayor of Reykjavik, Iceland's capital and home to 115,000 of the island's 290,000 inhabitants.

Icelanders insist that eating fish improves social behavior, and perhaps it does. Iceland is a very civilized place, its fierce Viking beginnings notwithstanding.

Halibut, haddock, salmon, herring, tiny shrimp and small, sweet lobsters are abundant, with cod as No. ...

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