Hanukkah began yesterday at sundown, and to celebrate we fried up some simple potato latkes, served with home-made apple sauce! The classic Eastern-European potato pancake is a Hanukkah staple in many households. The Hanukkah tradition of foods cooked in oil commemorate the one day supply of oil that miraculously burned for eight days. The trick to extra crispy latkes, is …
It’s the time of the year when the weather turns colder, the nights get longer, and we tend to spend more time indoors. It’s also the time of year when cold and flu germs make their way around classrooms and the workplace. Yuck! Some studies have shown that chicken soup may have anti-inflammatory effects, which could potentially ease upper respiratory symptoms common with the …