Lining Up for Latkes

Pancakes that taste like brownies — what a decadent combination! Serve them for breakfast, brunch, or dessert. These make a fabulous addition to your Hanukkah repertoire. Everyone's face will light up when they taste them.

The concept went over like a lead latke with the editors, but Bubbe held her ground — as she did when they tried to glam up her recipes with jazzy ingredients the likes of which have never seen the inside of her vintage refrigerator.

The way our particular mixed-faith household plays out during the holidays goes something like this: Mom/Christmas: 3 dozen trips to the mall to shop for.

Last night at the Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM), it was latkes. And it was a madhouse. I've finally recovered enough from serving as one of nine judges in the Third Annual Latke Festival sponsored by Edible Brooklyn and

It's Chanukah and I'm supposed to be frying up a big batch of latkes. Here's the hitch. I don't like frying anymore than I like honey. All that oil spattering about, the smell that just doesn't quit, and then—of course—there's the