Chris Dorff, president of the 105-year-old Olsen Fish Co. in Minneapolis, thinks the way to save lutefisk is to innovate. The dried-rehydrated fish dish that’s been declining in popularity in recent ...

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 ...

The obligatory bite of lutefisk at a Winter Solstice/Christmas celebration is one of two yearly traditions for thousands of Scandinavian Americans. The other is to complain about having to eat it.

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 ...

Rehydrate fish by soaking it completely in ice water for a day, changing water several times, and keep in refrigerator. Lutefisk can be baked, steamed or poached. Luann Boyer recommends baking. While ...

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 ...

How do you celebrate your 20th year in the Sons of Norway Vennskap Lodge #622? You have a lutefisk dinner. Since 1993, when the Sheboygan Falls-based fraternal organization was formed, they have been ...

For Ordean Thompson, lutefisk -- that Norwegian delicacy that has passed from generation to generation -- is a rare holiday treat. But these days, lutefisk is simply becoming rare, as fewer and fewer ...

I was driving home in the dark from another hunting trip when I allowed myself to begin thinking about the coming holiday season. That's when the Big "L" popped into my head. So clear was the image, ...

Lutefisk – it’s what’s for dinner year around for Dick Bergh. While most people of Scandinavian descent eat the fish as a holiday tradition, Bergh gives a nod to the tradition, but also eats lutefisk ...

Jim Lund has been cooking lutefisk for community events around the Northwest for as long as he can remember. As a member of the Stanwood Lions Club for 52 years, he volunteers his services as lutefisk ...

The aroma of steaming lutefisk brought taste buds to watery attention Wednesday, Jan. 20, at the Viroqua Eagles Club. The club’s dinner is the kickoff of its annual cancer telethon. It’s also one of ...