Our thanks to Cheri Johnson of Roanoke for sharing these flatbread recipes. Norwegian flatbread is a thin cracker-like bread that dates back to Viking days. The dried bread did not spoil quickly, and ...

LITTLE ROCK — During my growingup years in Northwest Arkansas, we never heard of lefse (pronounced LEFF-suh), a Norwegian flat bread. It is a tradition in more northern climes where many Scandinavian ...

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 ...

There are lots of recipes for lefse — usually involving the same or similar ingredients, just in different proportions. Purists, like the Holy Rollers, say good lefse is made with heavy cream and real ...

Nov. 26—Passed down from one generation to the next, the Norwegian tradition of making lefse is alive and well within the community. For the Undahl and Godtland families, that tradition has turned ...

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 ...

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 ...