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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

I am living proof that not all fish is brain food. Saturday, while I was covering a story about Bonnet Prairie Lutheran Church's annual Lutefisk Day, the kitchen crew that was de-boning pans full of ...

The Minnesota State Fair has never selected a lutefisk dish as one of its official new foods. Until now. Now it's the one on everyone's radar as we approach the Aug. 24 kickoff to the Great Minnesota ...

Inside the briny corporate office of the nation's largest lutefisk processing plant, Nigerian immigrant Chidi Omeoga is settling her bill for a half-dozen whole dried cod. Their tails stick out of the ...

STILLWATER, Minn. — There's nothing fishy about what's happening here. In the basement of Christ Lutheran Church, Mark Rossi is in his element. He's cooking up 500 pounds of lutefisk. "It's a very, ...