Latkes, with Miriam Rubin

Latkes are the quintessential Hanukkah food, because one of the themes of the holiday is oil, and tradition is to eat foods fried in oil. But is that all there is? No! Cheese is also a symbolic Hanukkah food. Join Miriam Rubin in our Hudson Valley / Berkshire kitchen to learn all about latkes. Included will be latke toppings, good stories and the bonus of sweet cheese pancakes. What’s not to love?

With Hanukkah just around the corner, it’s time to up your latke skills, and Miriam Rubin is here to teach you how.

Menu to include:

• Classic Potato Latkes with Smoked Salmon and Dill Sour Cream
• Spiced Sweet Potato and Apple Latkes
• Potato, Scallion and Spinach Latkes
• Chunky Home-Made Apple-Pear Sauce
• Ricotta Pancakes

This demonstration class is limited to 12 people.

About Miriam Rubin:

A graduate of the Culinary Institute of America, Miriam was the first woman in the kitchens of NYC’s famed Four Seasons Restaurant. She’s a former food editor of Weight Watchers Magazine. Her first cookbook, Grains, was published in 1995. For nine years, she wrote a food and garden column “Miriam’s Garden” for the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette and has contributed features to their food pages for about two decades.

Her work has appeared in Prevention, Organic Gardening, Redbook, Working Woman, Working Mother and Woman’s Day. She was line-editor for Gil Marks’ Encyclopedia of Jewish Food and has contributed to The Encyclopedia of Appalachia and The Oxford Encyclopedia of American Food and Drink Vol. 2. She’s Americanized several cookbooks and reworked and Americanized British recipes for websites.

Her book Tomatoes grew out of a love of planting and devouring a favorite vegetable (fruit). She presented on the book at the Harvest Festival at Monticello and at Beard on Books at the Beard House. Miriam and her husband have recently relocated to the Hudson Valley from Southwestern Pennsylvania.

Cancellation policy: We do not offer refunds on purchased tickets. Persons who notify us at least seven (7) days in advance that they cannot attend will receive credit and may register for another class of equal value held within the subsequent two months.

Notes: Cooking class attendees receive 10% discount on kitchenware purchases on class day. Classes are geared to adults unless otherwise noted. However, children 9 and over are welcome to attend this special baking class with an accompanying adult.