Potato latkes are conventional Hanukkah meals. Amongst different issues, Hanukkah celebrates a miracle wherein one night time’s provide of lamp oil burned for eight; because of this, meals cooked in oil (together with latkes and jelly doughnuts) are historically eaten in the course of the vacation. It’s additionally the rationale the vacation is eight nights lengthy. Though potato latkes are conventional, many individuals have gone a nontraditional route by substituting totally different greens and spices for the vacation. (iStock.com/jerrydeutch)