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Celebrate Hanukkah by feasting on fried foods

WBUR | By Here & Now Newsroom

Published December 19, 2025 at 11:15 AM CST

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Hanukkah ends this coming Monday. The Jewish eight-day Festival of Light is celebrated all over the world by lighting candles on the menorah and feasting on fried foods.

Leah Koenig is the author of a number of cookbooks, including “The Jewish Cookbook” and “Portico: Cooking and Feasting in Rome’s Jewish Kitchen.” Last December, Koenig shared recipes for potato latkes and other delicious Hanukkah classics with Scott Tong. We revisit that conversation.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

Here & Now Newsroom