We can thank the lefse. On the afternoon of Christmas Eve, my dad dug out Grandma Haugen's old lefse grill. A large, round, formidable contraption, the grill was a thing of beauty, a thing of family ...

I needed to find what The Herald had written previously about lefse — the Scandinavian potato flatbread — so I did a search on our website. When dozens of obituaries popped up, I was struck by the ...

Today when area families enjoy lefse as a part of their holiday tradition, they may be using Lucia Schroeder's recipe. The Glyndon, Minn., woman has been teaching classes on how to make the ...

A month or so ago, I stood in a church basement, showing off. A group of us — parents and teens — were gathered around hot grills, preparing to make hundreds of pieces of lefse for a fundraiser. "Have ...

Lefse may be a simple food -- its main ingredients are potatoes, cream, butter and flour -- but it's tricky and labor intensive to make. First of all you need the proper equipment, including a lefse ...

Stacks of lefse handmade by the Anderson family who has been making lefse for the holidays for 42 years. (Contributed by Kitrina Anderson-Depaolo) The Anderson family will celebrate its 42nd annual ...

There is a saying that no matter how long you handle horses, you never learn all there is to know about them. I feel the same way about wine. And about making lefse. Our scrappy lefse-making group has ...

Volunteers and food service staff at Bethel Home in Viroqua warmed up a gray afternoon by baking lefse, Wednesday, Nov. 15. Eleven volunteers, some of whom were newbies, worked in the nursing home’s ...

ULEN, Minn. - Doug Lindsay saw what life had in store for him the day his Norwegian girlfriend came toward him with a rolling pin. Nearly 30 years later, they're still making beautiful lefse together ...

One of the beautiful things about living in the upper Midwest is that lefse could well be on the table at Thanksgiving and Christmas. The Norwegian potato flatbread might not be as important as the ...

DULUTH — Ever find yourself on a winter run and craving some warm Norwegian potato bread? The third annual Lefse Run on Saturday combines the tradition of Norwegian lefse with a free fun run with a ...