Posts Tagged ‘Latkes’
Eight Nights of Hanukkah:2 for 1-Punk Jews and Let’s Eat!
Posted by: erika on: December 12, 2012
- In: Hanukkah | Jewish Food | Jewish Holidays | Jews of Color | LGBTQ | LGBTQ Jews | Y-Love
- 2 Comments
I missed last night…I barely lit candles (had to blow them out). It was a crazy-long day that ended all the way up on the Upper West Side to watch a movie about Jews, what else? The movie in question, Punk Jews, is an hour-long look into the lives of Jews who live “on the [...]
“Latkes” Clarified.
Posted by: erika on: December 18, 2011
Whoa, folks are really attached to Latkes. Again, I get it. They’re delicious. I used latkes as a symbol of what is and is not considered “Jewish”. Latkes are a part of normative Jewish culture for most American Jews, but not all Jews. My point with my latke post was to say that Jewish culture [...]
Latkes are Not Jewish
Posted by: erika on: December 17, 2011
- In: Hanukkah | Jewish Food | Judaism
- 15 Comments
I’m sorry, they’re not. They’re European. I love latkes. They’re one of my favorite indulgences. What’s not to love about fried potatoes topped with sour cream? It’s perfection in a greasy, wonderful, crispy dish. Thing is, I had them back in Ohio at a Polish joint and they were just called Potato Pancakes, ’cause that’s [...]
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