Jewish guilt may be something that many of us have to live with throughout the year, but for the next eight blissful days of Hanukkah, Jewish gelt becomes more prevalent. Gelt, which means money or coins in Hebrew, is the currency of the dreidel, a spinning top with four sides that dictate the stakes of the gambling game. Perhaps it is impolite to play with your food. It is also a bad idea to eat fried food for eight days straight. Hanukkah gets us off the hook on both counts—a week and a day of positive dining abandon, and a festival of not being quite so light the week after next. Wikipedia informs us that during the 20th century,...
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Well, today is the last day of Hanukkah. The eighth and final candle was lighted last night, and the only question that remains is what to do with any leftover latkes. To solve this one, I will go back to my time-tested formula. Item of leftovers + the word sandwich + exclamation point = delicious treat. Put this one through the machine, and voila: latke sandwich!...
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There were 14 Levines at our pre-Hanukkah party. My family likes to talk (a lot), so I'm sure the din could be heard up and down West End Avenue. As I wrote yesterday, I couldn't find a brisket for us to cook, so I came up with an alternate revisionist Hanukkah menu. I decided to to utilize latkes three ways:...
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Just in time for Hanukkah,
Jason Perlow provides his method for making lots of latkes. Complete with video filmed in "Latke-vision."
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