Traditional Hedmark fare includes roast veal, puddings, home-preserved fruit, cookies, wafer cones, flatbread and griddle cakes, smoked, fermented and cured fish and a wide range of potato dishes.
In Finnskogen, "flesk & motti" (cured pork in an onion and sour-cream sauce) and "gjeddekaker" (fish cakes of pike) are among the traditional dishes.
Some of the specialities Østerdalen can offer are elk stew, elk steak, powan & potatoes and the traditional bread "tynnkake".
Visit Atensjø Café next time you travel the Rondane National Tourist Route. Their lunch buffet is renowned.
You should also stop at Skaslien Gjestgiveri in Kirkenær. This friendly reataurant is the winner of Norway's Best Restaurant Award 2002, Inland Norway's Best Restaurant Award 2008 and Best place to eat along the road 2008.