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A Hanukkah with no latkes? 3 tips for the best holiday feast of your life

JL;DR SUMMARY Sam Lin-Sommer offers a unique take on Hanukkah cuisine by moving away from traditional latkes to explore diverse Jewish culinary traditions and local, sustainable ingredients. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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Jewish CuisineDiasporaDiversityHanukkahLatkesOilCulinary TraditionsSustainabilityLocal ProduceCooking Workshop

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Iraq
"The meal took inspiration from Iraq, Russia, China, and Morocco; it employed kimchi, kasha, and homemade ice cream; and started with a tasting of oils made from butternut squash and pumpkin seeds."
Russian Federation
"The meal took inspiration from Iraq, Russia, China, and Morocco; it employed kimchi, kasha, and homemade ice cream; and started with a tasting of oils made from butternut squash and pumpkin seeds."
China
"The meal took inspiration from Iraq, Russia, China, and Morocco; it employed kimchi, kasha, and homemade ice cream; and started with a tasting of oils made from butternut squash and pumpkin seeds."
Morocco
"The meal took inspiration from Iraq, Russia, China, and Morocco; it employed kimchi, kasha, and homemade ice cream; and started with a tasting of oils made from butternut squash and pumpkin seeds."
Aleppo, Syria
"Perhaps your family traces its heritage to Aleppo, and your Hanukkah traditions include preparing sambousek with a cheese filling and flakey pastry crust."
Israel
"Or maybe youre partial to sufganiyot, the jelly donut consumed by the millions in Israel every winter."
India
"artichokes in Italy; rose water-soaked fritters in India; chicken in Morocco, served with couscous."
Italy
"And oil isnt the only ingredient that holds special significance during Hanukkahs eight days. Many Jews indulge in dishes featuring dairy as a nod to the story of Judith..."
Tunisia
"In Tunisia, on the seventh day of Hanukkah, women rest and men ply them with dairy pastries and couscous au beurre, a butter-based couscous dish."
Geneva, New York, United States
"...participants started dinner with an oil tasting, dipping sourdough bread into dishes of rich, toasty pumpkin and butternut squash seed oils from Stony Brook Wholehearted Foods in Geneva, New York."
Pennsylvania, United States
"For cooking oil, we turned to extra virgin sunflower seed oil from Pennsylvanias Susquehanna Mills."
New Jersey, United States
"A week before our workshop Ethan and I ogled a wooden crate of vibrant purple Japanese sweet potatoes at the Union Square stand for Lanis Farm, which is based in New Jersey."
Sichuan, China
"In addition to being Jewish, Im Chinese, with roots in Chinas Sichuan province. Among many other things, Sichuanese cuisine is known for a technique called dry-frying, which uses minimal oil so that vegetables char and develop a dry, toasted flavor."

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