Sami Garam (born 31 October 1967 in
Helsinki
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) is a
Finnish cook
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Food preparation
* Cooking, the preparation of food
* Cook (domestic worker), a household staff member who prepares food
* Cook (professional), an individual who prepares food for consumption in the food industry
* ...
and writer of Hungarian descent.
The son of
Károly
Károly is a very common Hungarian male given name. It is also sometimes found as a Hungarian surname. The origin of this name is the Turkic Karul, which means hawk. Nowadays Károly is considered the equivalent of English Karl or Charles (beca ...
and
Sirkka Garam
Sirkka is a Finnish female given name.
Famous people
* Sirkka Aro, writer
* Sirkka Garam, writer
* Sirkka-Liisa Hahmo, linguist
* Sirkka Hirsjärvi, professor and writer
* Sirkka Karppanen, writer
* Sirkka Keiski, singer
* Sirkka-Liisa Kivelä, p ...
(née Saarikoski). Sami Garam's mother, Sirkka Garam, is a sister of the Finnish poet
Pentti Saarikoski
Pentti Saarikoski ( Impilahti, now in the Republic of Karelia September 2, 1937 – Joensuu August 24, 1983) was one of the most important poets in the literary scene of Finland during the 1960s and 1970s. His body of work comprises poetry and ...
. Sami Garam's main profession is cooking, and he has worked as chef in many restaurants, receiving high acclaim for his food. Garam's other interest is literature, and he has written several books in
Helsinki slang
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, including slang versions of classic Finnish novels and the first-ever Helsinki slang versions of ''Aku Ankka'' ("
Donald Duck
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" in Finnish) and ''
Asterix
''Asterix'' or ''The Adventures of Asterix'' (french: Astérix or , "Asterix the Gaul") is a ''bande dessinée'' comic book series about a village of indomitable Gaulish warriors who adventure around the world and fight the Roman Republic, wi ...
'' comic books.
Sami Garam has three children, two daughters (born 1991 and 1992) and a son (born 1995), and is married to Päivi Garam for over 15 years.
Bibliography
* ''Rotsi on mut byysat puuttuu'' (Aku Ankka album), 2000
* ''Snögeli ja seittemän snadii starbuu'' (Snow White),
WSOY 2001
* ''Jörde-Juge'' (Der Struwwelper), 2001
* ''Stadilainen tsöge'' (cookbook), WSOY 2002
* ''Allu Stemun Seittemän broidii'' (Aleksis Kivi: Seven Brothers), WSOY 2003
* ''Daijulastooreja'' (Finnish folk stories), WSOY 2004
* ''Kessen rehukotsa'' (Asterix album), 2005
* ''Puolialaston kokki'' (Donald Duck cooking book), Sanoma Magazines Finland 2005
* ''Pidot Ankkalinnassa'' (Donald Duck cooking book), Sanoma Magazines Finland 2006
* ''gAstronominen keittokirja'' (gastronomical cook book) 2008
Sources
WSOY author gallery page for Sami Garam (in Finnish)
1967 births
Living people
Writers from Helsinki
Finnish writers
Finnish chefs
Finnish people of Hungarian descent
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