latke

[ laht-kuh ]

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noun

, Jewish Cooking.

a pancake, especially one made of grated potato.

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Word History and Origins

1925–30; < Yiddish < East Slavic; compare Byelorussian ( g ) latka, dial. form of aladka kind of pancake, Old Russian oladǐya ( Russian oládʾya ), probably < Greek elá ( i ) dion, derivative of élaion oil

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Example Sentences

The Plaza Hotel cooked a fancy-pants latke with red wine braised oxtail, horseradish sunchoke cream, and crispy kale.

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Perhaps the most Jewish part of the 6th Annual Latke Festival was that the food went way faster than the liquor.

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Yet, there was something quite fitting about how un-Jewish the Latke Festival was.

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She came to the Latke Festival because she loved any dish so based around the potato.

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Veselka layered its latke with pork goulash, and Toloache added beef short rib chorizo.

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