December is prime eating season. And for Jewish households across America, latkes are a Hanukkah staple. The Yiddish name for potato pancakes, latkes commemorate the miracle of Hanukkah, in which a ...

Let’s start right up front by saying these are not traditional latkes. Classic Jewish latkes for Hanukkah are made with russet potatoes, occasionally Yukon golds, and are usually very simply seasoned ...

Growing up in California, Chanukah often felt like “Jewish Christmas.” That afterthought of a holiday so the Jewish kids didn’t get left out. And in fact, in Israel, it’s not that big of a deal aside ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. If there’s one dish that truly embodies the spirit of Hanukkah, it’s latkes. These crispy, golden potato pancakes aren’t just ...

Latkes are a quintessential part of Jewish cuisine, often paired with sour cream, apple sauce or both — and now a local restaurant is putting their own twist on the traditional potato pancake in ...

One of Rabbi Ellen Jaffe-Gill’s rules of a good latke is not to use leftover Thanksgiving mashed potatoes for the holidays’ traditional potato pancake. That’s lazy, she says. Another is to not even ...

NEW YORK — It’s traditional to eat latkes, also called potato pancakes, during the Jewish holiday of Hanukkah. The eight-day candle-lighting festival begins this year on the night of Dec. 15. Basic ...

Hanukkah was always, and still is, my favorite holiday — and not just because I was born on Hanukkah. In my Sephardic Jewish family, the Hanukkah tradition of frying food meant we had jelly-filled ...

Temple Micah’s fourth annual Top Latke Cook-off Friday night featured budding young chefs serving up some seriously creative takes on potato pancakes. There were otherwise traditional latkes smothered ...