Where did they come from, anyway -- and aren't we glad they're here to stay!
By:
Andrew Schloss, JE Feature
What is the Chanukah-latke link? Although Chanukah is not one of the ancient holidays of the Old Testament, it is more than 2,000 years old. Yet potato latkes -- the food most identified with the celebration of Chanukah -- have been around for barely a few centuries. No one really knows why potato latkes (Yiddish for "pancakes") have become so...