INSIDE A HAUTE VEGAN restaurant connected to a nightclub beneath a bridge in wintry Stockholm, I was having one heck of a meal. Using such kitchen wizardry as dehydrating, smoking, fermenting, and jam-making, the chefs behind the Hamnvakten neighbourhood restaurant Växthuset (prix fixe from 5,324; restaurang vaxthuset.se) had preserved every bit of fresh produce they could from Sweden's growing season-roughly May through October to brighten the December gloom. Bracing horseradish powder and pickled mustard seeds balanced earthy beet carpaccio dappled with sweet pear jam. Confit of grilled mushrooms got a sly pop of baby shiso. Jerusalem-artichoke chips and sauerkraut mayo amped up the umami of smoked tempeh. It could've been a meal served at any fine-dining restaurant-except it made liberal use of kitchen scraps, with every vegetable peel or herb stem utilised in some form.
I found a similar sense of vivaciousness everywhere I ate in the Swedish capital. Outside, the clouds hung low in the frigid air and the sky was dark by 3 pm. But inside, the restaurants felt positive and vibrant. This city on the Baltic Sea is in the throes of a no-waste dining revolution that combines age-old Swedish ingenuity with 21st-century concern about our impact on the planet, and it's pushing chefs to get creative.
Some credit goes to the Swedish government, which has committed to meeting the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goal of halving food waste by 2030, and some to the world's most famous climate activist. "Greta Thunberg has made us more aware," said Filip Lundin, the founder of Sopköket (entrées 7820; sopkoket.se), a catering service and cafe whose name translates to "waste kitchen." A third of Swedish food is thrown away, Lundin told me, adding that it constitutes 10 per cent of the country's emissions. "It's more than air travel."
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