New Scandinavian Cooking

Season 5 opens with a lunch made of grilled flatbread, cabbage salad and smoked salmon. Also: soup with meatballs; and a chocolate dessert.

Norway's Southern Trøndelag region and the islands of Hitra and Frøya are visited. Host Tina Nordström grills crab and lobster; dives for scallops; and grills salmon over an open fire.

Hardanger, a fjord valley known as Norway's orchard, is visited. Included: a Norwegian drink that's served with trout.

Hedmark in Eastern Norway, which is home to large farms and vast forests, is visited. Included: using smoke in cooking; making sweet apple-flavored pork chops with potato salad; preparing hot-smoked pork glazed with homemade birch syrup that's poured over waffles for dessert.

Frogner Park in Oslo is visited. Included: ice cream flavored with rose petals; Norwegian-style bruschetta with a wild-herb pesto; hamburger; and sausages.