Discover the art of making lefse in this excerpt of Eliza Blue's new book. Explore the history, technique and tradition of ...

Roll lefse circles as thin as possible. Don't use too much flour or you get dry, crisp edges. Don't add flour to your big batch, but work with two cups of potatoes at a time so it doesn't get too warm ...

Lefse. It's a paper-thin flatbread, made from potatoes and cooked on a griddle, flipped with a long, narrow wooden stick, and eaten slathered with butter, sugar and sometimes cinnamon. If you're of ...

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 ...

Come the holiday season, Evelyn Hensrud gives her lefse griddle a good workout. During the past 50 years, Hensrud has made thousands of rounds of the soft Norwegian flatbread on the Bethany she got ...

MENTOR, Minn. — With each push and pull of Barbara Schulstad’s wooden rolling pin, the ball of dough on her lefse board shrinks. When Schulstad is satisfied the round is the right size, she gently ...

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 ...

ROCHESTER — You'd think that after 20 years of helping my husband make traditional Norwegian lefse for the holidays, I'd catch on to the process. But no matter how many pounds of potatoes I peel, boil ...

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 ...

Some like it with butter, while others like their lefse with anything from jam and peanut butter to sausage. Lefse is a flatbread that is traditionally made in Scandinavia during the winter months, ...

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 ...

The Anderson family will celebrate its 42nd annual Lefse Day on Dec. 21. This cherished family ritual started out modestly. Marilyn Chalstrom and her sister, Beverly Anderson, missed the wafer-thin ...