Americans of Scandinavian heritage know the holiday season is coming when kitchens fill with the sights and smells of lefse, a crepelike item made from riced or mashed potatoes. Lefse is a traditional ...

KASSON, Minn. — Lutefisk is what you get when you soak cod in lye. It doesn’t sound like the most appetizing treat, but many descendants of Norwegian and Swedish immigrants can’t get enough of it, ...

With this holiday season following a hotly contested election, some Americans fear that political disagreements among family will boil over like a pot of poorly watched potatoes. In North Dakota, ...

Lovers of lefse and other traditional Scandinavian foods should mark their calendars for the 41st lutefisk and meatball dinner and bake sale on Nov. 4 in Yakima. Held by the Sons of Norway Yakima Odin ...

DULUTH — Ever find yourself on a winter run and craving some warm Norwegian potato bread? The third annual Lefse Run on Saturday combines the tradition of Norwegian lefse with a free fun run with a ...

If Minnesota had a state food, it would be lefse. Granted, we already have a state mushroom (the morel), and even a state muffin (blueberry), but what we lack is just a general food item. Lefse should ...

Since moving to Moorhead from California last summer, Concordia College President Pamela Jolicoeur has successfully eluded lutefisk while taking a liking to lefse. "I love it," she said of the ...

The Lutherans drove their Oldsmobiles and Fords through New Richmond and Star Prairie in the hours before dusk, through Wisconsin towns where it is forbidden to correctly spell the name of anything ...

RUSHFORD, Minn. — The market for lefse, a traditional Norwegian flatbread, is relatively small in comparison to other foods, but Norsland Lefse has found a way to reach its demographic from the small ...

Come the holiday season, Evelyn Hensrud gives her lefse griddle a good workout. During the past 50 years, Hensrud has made thousands of rounds of the soft Norwegian flatbread on the Bethany she got ...

The meals our families ate when we were kids often come with fond memories. The Impossible Bacon Pie that my mom made when I was young became one of the first things I made when I cooked on my own, ...

FARGO — Tuesday is Syttende Mai, Norway’s Constitution Day, a national holiday in the old country. We tend to think of Norwegians as a stoic lot, so “celebrating” may not be the first word that comes ...