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 ...

Waffled lutefisk offers a different way to prepare a traditional dish at home. This recipe focuses on a simple, controlled cooking method using a waffle iron. The process creates a firmer texture ...

Lutefisk is the supreme culinary challenge this side of ­chocolate-covered beetles. There’s just something psychologically off-putting about a Scandinavian “delicacy” that needs to be skinned, salted, ...

Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Cut lutefisk into serving size pieces. Wrap each piece in tin foil. Punch holes in the bottom of each package. Put a baking rack on a baking sheet with sides, and put ...

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, ...

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 ...

LITCHFIELD, Minn. (AP) - Dozens of Minnesota Scandinavians and the people who love them flock to the VFW Club in Litchfield every Thursday from November through January, where a $20 bill will get you ...

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 ...

Tucked in the corner of a busy kitchen in First Presbyterian Church in Grand Forks, a team of white-clad "lutefisk chefs" led by Carrol Juven hover around steaming vats of the traditional Norwegian ...

"Butter helps it slide down your throat," said Dennis Voss, the husband of a Norwegian-American, revealing his own survival secret for stomaching the gelatinous blob as they dined with friends on ...