Good news. Lucia and her lefse are back. We're talking here of Lucia Schroeder, Glyndon, Minn., and of her recipe which resolves the longtime debate over what makes the best lefse: red or white ...

Then there are the ingredients. Some cooks like to use red potatoes, others prefer white. The Sons of Norway lefse recipe specifies Cass Clay butter because "cheaper" butter is too watery. White flour ...

Peel and cook potatoes until soft. Drain and mash them until there are no lumps. A ricer works the best. Add the shortening, milk and salt. Mix well and put in refrigerator several hours or overnight.

Family traditions run rampant this time of year, from driving around looking at holiday lights, gingerbread house competitions, and even special foods. Ashley’s in-laws have had a tradition for years ...

If Minnesota had a state food, it would be lefse. Granted, we already have a state mushroom (the morel), and even a state muffin (blueberry), but what we lack is just a general food item. Lefse should ...

Are you puzzled by recipes from relatives and church cookbooks that lack necessary information? My dad’s theory about recipes with missing data is that Aunt Martha wants to be remembered as the best ...

I’m a sixth-generation lefse maker. In the 1880s, my great-great-grandmother, Kari Brandum, brought our family lefse recipe with her from the Lillehammer region of Norway when she immigrated to ...

DULUTH, Minn. — When I-35 was completed through Duluth in 1992, the construction interrupted natural gas lines to First Lutheran Church, which sits along the route of the freeway expansion. It ...

Big ideas can come from standing around a county fair. I learned that in June during a week of exhilaration and exhaustion of watching kids' 4-H project work come to a close, with joy and sometimes a ...