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Brian Sandford

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Lutefisk dinner in Boulder City: Joviality, jokes and gelatinous fish

How do you get a Scandinavian American to talk for an hour? Ask him what part of Minnesota he’s from. That wasn’t one of the self-effacing jokes that flowed freely at the 19th annual Sons of Norway lutefisk dinner Jan. 28 at the Boulder City Elks Lodge, but it easily could have been.

Axum Ethiopian Restaurant puts its focus where it belongs: on flavor

“Ethiopian food? Isn’t that an oxymoron?” You’re forgiven if that was your first thought upon eyeing this review, given that Ethiopia is famed in the Western Hemisphere primarily for its famine. Unfortunately, the stereotype likely has kept of the world’s most satisfyingly spiced, memorable cuisines under the radar outside east-central Africa.