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 ...

It’s a tough sell for what’s supposed to be a festive meal: a pile of translucent jelly with a questionable aroma. But, as I prepared to celebrate Christmas in my native Norway for the first time in ...

For over 100 years, Our Saviors Lutheran Church in Cloquet has been serving a lutefisk, salmon, and meatball dinner for all to enjoy. Having ties back in Scandinavian history, lutefisk is a fish that ...

There are pretty much only two opinions when it comes to lutefisk: You either love it, or you don't. Helga Staffan, 63, comes down on the "don't" side of the debate. Staffan grew up in a town of less ...

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 ...

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 ...

I'm a Midwesterner. Well, actually I'm a Southerner by birth, but after steeping in Chicago and Michigan for over half my life, I feel I've earned the right to fly both flags. As a Midwesterner, I've ...

STILLWATER, Minn. — There's nothing fishy about what's happening here. In the basement of Christ Lutheran Church, Mark Rossi is in his element. He's cooking up 500 pounds of lutefisk. "It's a very, ...

Inside the briny corporate office of the nation's largest lutefisk processing plant, Nigerian immigrant Chidi Omeoga is settling her bill for a half-dozen whole dried cod. Their tails stick out of the ...