I'm a nearly lifelong Minnesotan with a fair amount of Swedish ancestry, but until I walked down the steps of a Lutheran ...

SPICER, Minn. — With one hand holding a heavy stoneware plate, Joel Piepenburg uses the other hand to scoop up chunks of white, boiled lutefisk. When he’s done, there is barely a speck of plate ...

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 ...

Consider the Nordic culinary tradition of lutefisk. A Lingcod is pulled from the north Atlantic, filleted and kiln dried until every drop of moisture is removed and it resembles a piece of rawhide ...

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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 ...

SPICER — With one hand holding a heavy stoneware plate, Joel Piepenburg uses the other hand to scoop up chunks of white, boiled lutefisk. When he’s done, there is barely a speck of plate showing under ...

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 ...

We think every Minnesotan should be required to try lutefisk as a rite of passage. After all, the lutefisk capital of the world is said to be located in Madison, Minnesota, and the word “lutefisk” ...

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 ...

With the holidays fast approaching, and lutefisk on the menu for many families, one Minnesota town has the distinction of being called the "Lutefisk Capital of the Country." ...