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 ...

Although the doors don’t open until 11 a.m., the parking lot is already filling up on a Friday morning at Lakeview Lutheran Church in Madison, Wisconsin. Inside, volunteers busily set tables, stir ...

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 ...

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 ...

She comes from a pro-lutefisk tradition. "I told my parents I knew I'd found a good program when I learned about the lutefisk dinner," she said. Lutefisk, as you may know, typically is dried codfish ...

PORT TOWNSEND — This seemed like a story idea about a tradition fading away. That's what the statistics said. A product that's unique, local and seasonal, but now made at a fraction of the amount from ...

BAXTER, Minn. — Len and Mavis Brown have traveled 400 miles from their home in a single day for a Scandinavian feast. They've also found it outside of Phoenix. But natives of Norway they met during ...

Most diners enjoying Our Savior Lutheran’s annual Lutefisk and Meatball Dinner on Saturday probably won’t be aware of it, but they’re carrying on a tradition that stretches back at least 84 years — ...

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 ...

Pastor John Klawiter sat down last month to pen an obituary to be published in the community newspaper. This was no announcement of a church member's death, but rather a creative way to spread the ...