Eric Dregni

Eric Dregni is author of twenty books, including Vikings in the Attic , Weird Minnesota , and Let's Go Fishing! As a Fulbright fellow to Norway, he survived a dinner of rakfisk (fermented fish) thanks to 80-proof aquavit, took the "meat bus" to Sweden for cheap salami with a crowd of knitting pensioners, and compiled his stories in In Cod We Trust: Living the Norwegian Dream . He wrote about living in Modena, Italy, in Never Trust a Thin Cook and Other Lessons from Italy's Culinary Capital ....See more

Eric Dregni is author of twenty books, including Vikings in the Attic , Weird Minnesota , and Let's Go Fishing! As a Fulbright fellow to Norway, he survived a dinner of rakfisk (fermented fish) thanks to 80-proof aquavit, took the "meat bus" to Sweden for cheap salami with a crowd of knitting pensioners, and compiled his stories in In Cod We Trust: Living the Norwegian Dream . He wrote about living in Modena, Italy, in Never Trust a Thin Cook and Other Lessons from Italy's Culinary Capital . He is professor of English, journalism, and Italian at Concordia University in St. Paul, Minnesota, and in the summer he is director of the Italian Concordia Language Village, an experience he wrote about in You're Sending Me Where? He lives in Minneapolis. See less