The Swedish Lutefisk Tossing Team comes to the 8th Annual Nordic Music Festival ready to toss some fish and toss it hard. More importantly, to toss it accurately into the regulation 5-gallon pails.

For Ordean Thompson, lutefisk -- that Norwegian delicacy that has passed from generation to generation -- is a rare holiday treat. But these days, lutefisk is simply becoming rare, as fewer and fewer ...

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 ...

A jelly-like fish with a questionable aroma seems like an odd choice for a Christmas dish, but Norway’s lutefisk has been experiencing a revival amid renewed interest in old traditions.

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.

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It’s repulsive to some. Others find it to be a fond flashback to their youth. While some people just avoid lutefisk all together. More than 200 people indulged in the Norwegian treat of lye-cured cod ...

Create an account or log in to save stories. CATHY WURZER: So are you planning your holiday menu yet? No matter what holidays you celebrate this time of year, there's probably a special dish that ...

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 just after 11 a.m. in a church basement in DeForest, Wisconsin, and I am face to face with one of the whitest plates of food I’ve seen in my life. I have tracked down the holiday dinner of my ...