Sweet Potato Latkes

B'tayavon

*Sweet glorious Hanukkah.  Who wouldn’t love a holiday that requires you to eat fried food?  The normally forbidden donut or French fry is all the sudden–for eight glorious days–the food of the righteous.  I can assure you that I remember the Hanukkah miracle better when I really really concentrate on that first bite into a…

Sweet potato pizza

B'tayavon

*Pizza in Israel has a different flare than pizza in the U.S.  For starters, kosher pizza can’t have any meat toppings since you can’t mix meat and dairy.  Since pepperoni and bacon aren’t an option, Israeli pizza joints are very creative with the vegetable toppings they offer: tuna, corn, hard boiled egg, etc.  One of…