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 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 ...

Consider the Nordic culinary tradition of lutefisk. A Lingcod is pulled from the north Atlantic, filleted and kiln dried until every drop of moisture is removed and it resembles a piece of rawhide ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

If you’re wondering about the future of lutefisk as part of Minnesota culture, a look around the dining hall at First Lutheran Church in Duluth earlier this month might offer an answer. Gray heads of ...

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 ...

MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) --If you've never tried it, at the very least, you've probably smelled it. Lutefisk season is upon us, as many Minnesotans celebrate their Scandinavian heritage. Dining halls and ...