“Because we celebrate Hanukkah, the holiday traditional meal, obviously, is latkes, [which] can be made in many different ways. My mother made them in the blender like one big lump … I make latkes and it’s the once a year super-duper, oil, fat, grease, carbohydrates — we might as well love it — with sour cream and apple sauce. I like to put some strawberries on, sometimes some jam. I’ve been to places where they give you latkes with caviar but not at my house.”