Recipes to celebrate Hanukkah

To mark the recent arrival on ckbk of To Life! by Judi Rose, daughter of legendary Jewish food writer Evelyn Rose MBE, we asked Judi to share some of her favourite family memories, recipes and traditions for this month’s Jewish festival of Hanukkah, the Feast of Lights. Don’t miss her family potato latke recipe!

Holiday Menu, Family FavoritesSusan LowDecember 8, 2025Judi Rose, Hanukkah, Jewish cuisine

Author Profile: Marlena Spieler – The Complete Guide to Traditional Jewish Cooking

In the monumental tome, The Complete Guide to Traditional Jewish Cooking (2006), food writer Marlena turns historian and storyteller to explore “a cuisine that is as diverse as it is delicious.” We spoke to Marlena about Jewish traditions that matter most to her personally and how she has had to start from scratch again in her understanding of flavor.

Behind the CookbookRamona AndrewsJuly 6, 2021Marlena Spieler, The Complete Guide to Traditional Jewish Cooking, Jewish cuisine, Ashkenazi cuisine, Sephardic cuisine, anosmia, Hamantaschen, Sedar, Purim, Kasha Varniskes, Chicken Soup, Fish and Chips

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