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 ...

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.

"Oh lutefisk, oh lutefisk, how fragrant your aroma. "Oh lutefisk, oh lutefisk, you put me in a coma." Stan Boreson's record was playing in the Scandinavian bakery in Stanwood where we stopped 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 ...

It's terribly stinky at our family Christmas Eve evening meal. Each year, the center platter dons a fish with a texture that reminds me of Jell-O. Fish Jell-O for Christmas? It's technically lutefisk.

Lutefisk -- dried cod soaked in a lye solution and then rinsed and cooked -- is a traditional Scandinavian-heritage American food tradition, often prepared at Christmas. Pictured is lutefisk prepared ...

We've heard about good holiday foods, now it's time for the bad: Listeners share their tales of unappetizing seasonal dishes, from Jello with mayonnaise to heavy candied fruit bread to that dried ...

The Marmite centennial in Britain prompts me to develop a thesis: National or creedal groups tend to keep their boundaries strong by pretending to like foods that others find distasteful. Through long ...

If you're in the mood for Scandinavian cuisine, plan to attend the annual Sons of Norway lutefisk dinner on Feb. 4. They will be serving authentic Scandinavian fare from 12:30 to 3:30 p.m. at the ...

Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Place lutefisk pieces in a baking dish and sprinkle with salt. Let stand at least half an hour. Drain the liquid that the salt has drawn out of the fish and discard. Press ...