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the oil nicely). Makes about 15 latkes. think of latke waffles? You say, how Israel with
Serve plain or stack and top with could anything be better? Well, I agree. Arky Staiman
mascarpone, a soft Italian cream Use the classic latke recipe, add an it’s not just a tour...it’s israel!
cheese, and maple syrup. Or top with extra egg and 1.5 tablespoons of flour
mascarpone, smoked salmon, and (this will help the batter work better for call now for fall & winter tours!
green onions. the waffle maker). Then follow your
waffle maker’s directions. For a com- israelwitharky.com
MINI LATKES plete meal, add a poached egg on top 410-216-1020
I don’t know about you, but we have a with some hollandaise sauce and enjoy
“mini” craze in my family. Anything your latke waffles. By the way, invite me unforgettable@israelwitharky.com
tiny is super fun to eat. Let me tell you over, because you will have just made
about mini latkes! Make your regular my favorite breakfast.
latke recipe and fill mini-muffin tins
lined with paper muffin cups about Have a warm, light-filled, and
halfway. Poke a hole in the center if healthy Chanukah. And may Simcha
you plan to fill it after baking. Bake at ben Baila have a refu’a sheleima and
350˚ for about 20 minutes until gold- soon be enjoying latke waffles with the
en brown. Remove from oven, cool rest of us.◆
slightly, add a dollop of sour cream,
applesauce, some caviar, green onions Bracha Shor is the owner
or whatever you like, and voila! A cute
mini latke guaranteed to get eaten and executive chef of
(and no oil smell!).
Sweet and Good Catering.
WAFFLE LATKES
I just got a waffle iron, and what do you Her email is bshor@swee-
tandgoodcatering.com.
Questions and comments
are welcome.
Sunness continued from page 112 kavanah (intention) all the time, we can views it as important for us to use and to
probably at least occasionally sense the elevate the physical.
In the realm of eating, this story has a potential of eating as connecting us clos-
number of important implications. First, er to Hashem. So the question is, if a physical item
at a basic level, food can mean different has been endowed with added meaning
things to different people. Rabbi Paysach Beyond this general sense of food sup- by us, for whatever reason, is there a way
Krohn in the first Maggid book bring the plying a connection to Hashem, which is to de-endow it, to restore cookies to
story of a chasid of R’ Aharon Hagadol, theoretically accessible to everyone, there mere “crackers”? This concept would
the first Karliner Rebbe, watching his are meanings to food that are unique to apply to many things in our lives. If a par-
Rebbe eating an apple. The Rebbe said the individual. For example, there is ticular item or action has some strong
to the visitor, “You think that we are both something about a certain type of cookie value for us that is over and above the
alike, both wanting to eat and enjoy this that really appeals to me, and I cannot way one would normally see it, and that
apple. But you make a bracha on the keep it in the house because it is too strong value is influencing our behavior
apple because you want to enjoy it, and I tempting. The taste has a lot to do with it, in negative ways, can we de-value it and
eat the apple so I can make a bracha on but it is not sophisticated fare (and is not overcome that obstacle in our path to
it.” In an early NSCY guide to the laws of even chocolate!), so it’s hard for me to fig- serving Hashem? I am not sure of the
birchos hanehenin (blessings for eating ure out why it has that appeal. These answer to this question, but certainly,
food and appreciating other aspects of cookies are not just “crackers”; they sym- being aware of the issue is the first step
nature), Rabbi Pinchas Stolper says in bolize in some way something very in trying to overcome difficulties in our
his introduction, “We are the only people appealing to me. If I could understand daily behavior.◆
on earth who are so sensitive to the pres- this better, perhaps I would be able to
ence of Hashem and the need to be con- curb my appetite for them. Janet Sunness is medical director of the
stantly aware of His love and kindness Richard E. Hoover Low Vision
that we are able to elevate so simple an And Hashem wants us to be connect- Rehabilitation Services at the Greater
act as drinking a few sips of water into an ed to this world. When Mashiach comes Baltimore Medical Center. She gives
occasion on which we speak of Hashem and the resurrection of the dead takes classes and talks on a variety of topics in
as King, Ruler, and Creator.” While most place, our soul will be recombined with the Baltimore area for the Women’s
of us are not at the level of having this our body. One might ask why this is. Why Institute of Torah and Cong. Shomrei
should the holy neshama reunite with Emunah. © Janet Sunness 2016
118 the earthly body? But clearly, Hashem
u www.wherewhatwhen.com u
Serve plain or stack and top with could anything be better? Well, I agree. Arky Staiman
mascarpone, a soft Italian cream Use the classic latke recipe, add an it’s not just a tour...it’s israel!
cheese, and maple syrup. Or top with extra egg and 1.5 tablespoons of flour
mascarpone, smoked salmon, and (this will help the batter work better for call now for fall & winter tours!
green onions. the waffle maker). Then follow your
waffle maker’s directions. For a com- israelwitharky.com
MINI LATKES plete meal, add a poached egg on top 410-216-1020
I don’t know about you, but we have a with some hollandaise sauce and enjoy
“mini” craze in my family. Anything your latke waffles. By the way, invite me unforgettable@israelwitharky.com
tiny is super fun to eat. Let me tell you over, because you will have just made
about mini latkes! Make your regular my favorite breakfast.
latke recipe and fill mini-muffin tins
lined with paper muffin cups about Have a warm, light-filled, and
halfway. Poke a hole in the center if healthy Chanukah. And may Simcha
you plan to fill it after baking. Bake at ben Baila have a refu’a sheleima and
350˚ for about 20 minutes until gold- soon be enjoying latke waffles with the
en brown. Remove from oven, cool rest of us.◆
slightly, add a dollop of sour cream,
applesauce, some caviar, green onions Bracha Shor is the owner
or whatever you like, and voila! A cute
mini latke guaranteed to get eaten and executive chef of
(and no oil smell!).
Sweet and Good Catering.
WAFFLE LATKES
I just got a waffle iron, and what do you Her email is bshor@swee-
tandgoodcatering.com.
Questions and comments
are welcome.
Sunness continued from page 112 kavanah (intention) all the time, we can views it as important for us to use and to
probably at least occasionally sense the elevate the physical.
In the realm of eating, this story has a potential of eating as connecting us clos-
number of important implications. First, er to Hashem. So the question is, if a physical item
at a basic level, food can mean different has been endowed with added meaning
things to different people. Rabbi Paysach Beyond this general sense of food sup- by us, for whatever reason, is there a way
Krohn in the first Maggid book bring the plying a connection to Hashem, which is to de-endow it, to restore cookies to
story of a chasid of R’ Aharon Hagadol, theoretically accessible to everyone, there mere “crackers”? This concept would
the first Karliner Rebbe, watching his are meanings to food that are unique to apply to many things in our lives. If a par-
Rebbe eating an apple. The Rebbe said the individual. For example, there is ticular item or action has some strong
to the visitor, “You think that we are both something about a certain type of cookie value for us that is over and above the
alike, both wanting to eat and enjoy this that really appeals to me, and I cannot way one would normally see it, and that
apple. But you make a bracha on the keep it in the house because it is too strong value is influencing our behavior
apple because you want to enjoy it, and I tempting. The taste has a lot to do with it, in negative ways, can we de-value it and
eat the apple so I can make a bracha on but it is not sophisticated fare (and is not overcome that obstacle in our path to
it.” In an early NSCY guide to the laws of even chocolate!), so it’s hard for me to fig- serving Hashem? I am not sure of the
birchos hanehenin (blessings for eating ure out why it has that appeal. These answer to this question, but certainly,
food and appreciating other aspects of cookies are not just “crackers”; they sym- being aware of the issue is the first step
nature), Rabbi Pinchas Stolper says in bolize in some way something very in trying to overcome difficulties in our
his introduction, “We are the only people appealing to me. If I could understand daily behavior.◆
on earth who are so sensitive to the pres- this better, perhaps I would be able to
ence of Hashem and the need to be con- curb my appetite for them. Janet Sunness is medical director of the
stantly aware of His love and kindness Richard E. Hoover Low Vision
that we are able to elevate so simple an And Hashem wants us to be connect- Rehabilitation Services at the Greater
act as drinking a few sips of water into an ed to this world. When Mashiach comes Baltimore Medical Center. She gives
occasion on which we speak of Hashem and the resurrection of the dead takes classes and talks on a variety of topics in
as King, Ruler, and Creator.” While most place, our soul will be recombined with the Baltimore area for the Women’s
of us are not at the level of having this our body. One might ask why this is. Why Institute of Torah and Cong. Shomrei
should the holy neshama reunite with Emunah. © Janet Sunness 2016
118 the earthly body? But clearly, Hashem
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