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 ...

You do whatever's necessary to keep the in-laws happy during the holidays. My mother's way of showing affection to her visiting sons-in-law is to prepare their favorite foods. But, as no amount of ...

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 ...

1. Peel and cook potatoes, then drain well. Put through a ricer or mash the potatoes to make 5 cups. Add butter, sour cream, sugar and salt. Cool completely. 2. Add flour to the potatoes and mix as ...

For every lefse recipe handed down from grandma, there probably are a hundred more variations for making those flat potato-y rounds that taste so good with everything, said Cindy Dahl, a lefse-making ...

With this holiday season following a hotly contested election, some Americans fear that political disagreements among family will boil over like a pot of poorly watched potatoes. In North Dakota, ...

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 ...

MaryBeth Davis fills her holidays with family, friends and lots of lefse. Davis, of Cutten, has been eating the traditional soft, thin Norwegian flatbread since she was a child. “Lefse is probably one ...

RUSHFORD, Minn. — The market for lefse, a traditional Norwegian flatbread, is relatively small in comparison to other foods, but Norsland Lefse has found a way to reach its demographic from the small ...