Latkes, Latkes, Good to Eat


Latkes, Latkes, Good to Eat by Naomi Howland (1999)

Sadie and her four younger brothers are poor and hungry, until Sadie is given a magic frying pan in return for her kindness to an old woman.  Now she can cook batches of golden, lacy latkes, but only she knows the magic words to start and stop the cooking.  Things get out of control when her brothers’ curiosity gets the better of them.  But all ends well with a very merry Chanukah gathering.

A retelling of Brothers Grimm “Sweet Porridge,” this folktale leaves me wishing I, too, had a magic latke pan.  With a recipe included and scrumptious descriptions of these lacy potato treats, this book inspires me to get cooking.

 

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