The Velveteen Rabbi‘s take on latkes (co-invented with her husband, the Velveteen Geek, Ethan Zuckerman) is the focus of an article in the Boston Globe. Even more interesting than her use of non-traditional ingredients is the following:

“Recipes are like sacred texts passed down on yellowed index cards,” says Barenblat, 31, who believes that the study of scripture has a lot in common with cooking.

Rachel gives a bit of the backstory here. [Tags: velveteen_rabbi rachel_barenblat recipes jews latkes chanukah ]

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