One of my favorite early memories of Rome is of a food and wine festival thrown by the kosher catering company Le Bon Ton. Members of the city’s Jewish community showed up in spades, dressed to the ...

Latkes , latkes and more latkes. The fried potato pancakes are the quintessential centerpiece of the Hanukkah table in Ashkenazi Jewish homes. In a Hanukkah story in last Sunday’s Weekend section, ...

Dear Lynne: Before we learned anything about cooking, we bought a deep fryer. The kitchen-shop woman said that no matter what recipes say, you can fry at about 350 degrees as long as you don't crowd ...

Deep-fried fair food is notorious, and for good reason. Attending the fair is a once-a-year excuse to stuff your face with the most obscene fat- and sugar-laden food (preferably on a stick) you can ...

Vegetables are delicious. Particularly when they're covered in batter, drenched in grease and served extra crispy with dipping sauce. Oh, is that not even a vegetable anymore? For those who are more ...