Kari Schoening Diehl (Bellingham, WA) is a seasoned food writer, editor, and photographer. She is About.com's Guide to Scandinavian Food and a feature writer for The Viking Magazine. Adopted by parents of Norwegian, Swedish, Danish, and German descent, Kari grew up enjoying Scandinavian recipes and a very Nordic set of lifestyle principles and values handed down from her great-grandparents.