I’m a pretty stubborn latke cook. Even well into a Hanukkah party, when others have graciously offered to step in on the stove or told me there are, in fact, already enough latkes to feed an army of ...

This step is key to a fluffy latke: If the potatoes and onions are waterlogged, the latkes will be dense and gummy. Once you’ve wrung out as much liquid as possible, set the filled towel aside.

It’s Hanukkah and time to dig out the three-by-five index card with my mother’s recipe for latkes. Arlene Reiniger According to The Jewish Book of Why by Alfred J. Kolatch, Jews eat potato ...

A type of fried potato pancake known as a latke is particularly popular, as are deep-fried doughnuts filled with fruit jelly (sufganiyot). To create a latke, grated potato and onion are mixed with ...

More than 100 students filtered into Harvard Hillel for their annual latke versus hamantasch debate, expecting to hear speeches on the merits of the classic Jewish holiday foods from professors ...