How My Swedish Family Throws a Magical Midsummer Feast

I invite you to celebrate the longest day of the year. Gather friends and family together over summer’s bountiful food and flowers.

Meatballs & Lutefisk

Lutefisk is super common around where I live during the holidays since so many families have Scandinavian heritage. It consists of dried white fish that is pickled in lye & it has a very strong smell and a gelatinous texture, it's quite polarizing to a lot of people but to others, it's very nostalgic. Around here it's often served with meatballs and lefse.

Viking Soul Food

Take a trip through the food carts featured at The Bite on Belmont in Portland, Oregon and stop at Viking Soul Food for a taste of some big Scandinavian flavors. A popular item is the thin lefse potato bread which can be wrapped with all different fillings. Guy tried the meatball lefse which is topped with a Scandinavian cheese sauce, sweet and sour cabbage and white cabbage. “How have I existed this long without having this?” he asked.