Potatoes have long been associated with Hanukkah, which began on the evening Dec. 10, because potato latkes — pancakes made of shredded potatoes — are customary at holiday dinners. In fact it ...

Hanukkah celebrations, therefore, last for eight days and are filled with lights, candles, and foods fried in oil. One favorite dish is potato latkes, shredded potato pancakes flavored with onion ...

Basic potato latkes by Danielle Renov. Courtesy of kosher.com Hanukkah begins on the 25th day of the Jewish month of Kislev. The Jewish calendar is based on the lunar cycle, and its dates ...

The party spreads involve foods that are fried—like potato latkes and jelly doughnuts—as reminders of the oil in the Hanukkah ...

Hanukkah commemorates the military victory of the Maccabees for the Jewish people in 164 BC over Syrian soldiers and the miracle of oil. And the latke or potato pancake is the fried food most ...

than prayer. Like many Jewish holidays, Hanukkah is defined by its iconic snacks. In Jewish-American households, Ashkenazi-fied crowd-pleasers like potato latkes, gelt (chocolate coins), and ...

Hanukkah potatoes are all about the oil. The Jewish holiday, which begins this year at sundown on Dec. 18 and lasts for eight days, commemorates a small amount of oil that burned in Jerusalem's ...

Fried foods like potato latkes have long been traditional Hanukkah fare. Other foods made with potatoes have become customary for Hanukkah, and now they are often baked with olive oil instead of ...