It's a holiday tradition in many Northland homes. The UMD lutefisk celebration began modestly years ago when Gilbertson invited a grad student from New Zealand to his home to experience some local ...

I am living proof that not all fish is brain food. Saturday, while I was covering a story about Bonnet Prairie Lutheran Church's annual Lutefisk Day, the kitchen crew that was de-boning pans full of ...

Dear Answer Man, we all know we're supposed to get so many servings of fish a week for our health. Would lutefisk count as one of those servings and how much would I have to eat? -- Susie, a ...

The lutefisk laid in rows on the tray, its lucid white gelatinous shape topped with a yellow spice, ready to go into the oven. In First Lutheran Church’s basement on Wednesday, the annual Scandinavian ...

Dozens of Minnesota Scandinavians and the people who love them flock to the VFW Club in Litchfield every Thursday from November through January, where a $20 bill will get you a big steaming hunk of ...

Create an account or log in to save stories. CATHY WURZER: So are you planning your holiday menu yet? No matter what holidays you celebrate this time of year, there's probably a special dish that ...

O lutefisk, O lutefisk, you put me in a coma. Alexandria, Minn. - Sure, the Scandinavian holiday tradition of eating lutefisk is the source of jokes for some, you betcha! But it's serious business for ...

It's wiggly. It's jiggly. And it tastes like, well, you be the judge. Lutefisk has a bad reputation for being smelly and foul-tasting. But those who love it swear by it. Like Tom Swanson of rural ...

On the final day of Norsk Hostfest, the annual lutefisk eating contest packed Oslo Hall at 4 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 27, drawing ...

BROOTEN, Minn. — Jana Field likes lutefisk so much she’s made it into a business. The 26-year-old sells the skinless kettle-ready cod from her Main Street gift store, Jana Mae’s, in Brooten. The ...

MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) -- It's a dish you either love or hate, and in Minnesota the trend seems to lean toward loving it. A century-old Minnesota company has this dish down to a science. "It's a tradition ...

Lutefisk, the traditional Scandinavian delicacy of cod that's been soaked in lye, remains beloved by many Scandinavian-Americans. Those without a taste for the unusual--and occasionally polarizing-- ...