Potato pancakes have always held a special place in my heart, reminding me of cozy mornings at home with the smell of frying ...

This recipe for potato pancakes (or “latkes” in some traditions ... including German, Polish, and Jewish culinary traditions.

Recipes come from good cooks they found in many communities; their stories and the history of Jewish Mexican cooking ... at the stove and frying the pancakes a few at a time.

These shredded, oil-fried potato pancakes, traditionally eaten on Hanukkah, are crispy on the ... “The idea really started with my mother’s recipe, a traditional potato latke,” says Blue.

In Israel these fried potato pancakes are called levivot.” I call them delicious. It’s Hanukkah and time to dig out the three-by-five index card with my mother’s recipe for latkes ...