With the holiday season in full swing, the Grand Forks Herald launched its second Holiday Eating Challenge, this time challenging staff from other media outlets to eat pickled herring. Pickled herring ...

At the beginning of holiday time, Americans are highly imaginative in their party-planning: we're likely to draw on American ideas, British ideas, Italian ideas, French ideas, Mexican ideas and more.

Finnish Santa is waiting. Joulupukki -- that’s “Christmas Goat” -- and his sleigh will round out this weekend’s ScanFair, an annual celebration of the “sights, sounds, tastes and traditions of a ...

Surströmming, a fermented herring considered to be a famous delicacy in Sweden, is also known as one of the most pungent foods in the world. More than a decade ago, NPR's Ari Shapiro attempted to eat ...

Low fish catch disappoints Swedes who could not celebrate the yearly tradition of eating surströmming, a fermented herring delicacy known worldwide for its pungent smell. COPENHAGEN, Denmark (CN) — ...

Minnesota locavores might consider a new delicacy for their holiday appetizer platters this year: caviar from Lake Superior. Lake herring has long been a staple on North Shore dinner plates, usually ...

The “new Nordic cuisine” movement has put Scandinavian flavors on the menu internationally and sparked interest not just in innovative culinary creations but also their provenance. Much like the ...

You can get your fill of Swedish meatballs, ABBA songs and fried herring at the 37th annual Scandinavian Day Festival in South Elgin on Sunday, Sept. 11. The festival takes the most well-loved and fun ...

Ask any Swede and they'll tell you that a smörgåsbord table without herring is (gasp) unthinkable. While there are other foods they may rattle off as equally important — gravlax, cured ham, meatballs ...

Kennth Branagh, Michael Pitt and Eric Stonestreet on the challenges of working with child actors, for Martin Scorsese and eating Swedish herring. By Randee Dawn, Lesley Goldberg Kenneth Branagh ...