Looking to buy good jelly donuts for a hanukkah party and also perhaps prepared potato latkes as I am concerned about time to cook. Don’t want to go to Dunkin Donuts if someone can suggest a better option. Thanks.

Hanukkah will be here before you know it, and I’m curious — how do CHers prepare latkes for a large crowd? Do you make them ahead and reheat them? If so, how do you keep them until serving time? Frozen...?...

greens with oranges and almonds? Or serving sliced oranges or a fruit salad with dessert? I’m planning to make thumbprint cookies as a nod to sufganiyot, the jelly doughnuts traditionally served at Chanukah.

And if you have any Barbie-buying young people in your household (Hello, it’s Christmas and Hanukkah), I’m here to say that those twisties shackling Barbie to her cardboard box are the best to hang onto, as far as...

I just received a frantic phone call from a friend who isn’t much of a cook, but is hosting a Hanukkah dinner party tomorrow night. I’ve been advising her as to what can be made ahead of time and what needs to hit the...

I’m having a few people over for a Hanukkah party and for a variety of reasons, I don’t want to actually make the latkes. Does anyone have any suggestions on where to buy some really good latkes in Manhattan?...

range of choices. What are your favorite mail-order food items for Christmas and Hanukkah? If you can, please provide contact info. Thanks in advance. ed

comfortable serving them to family and guests at Hanukkah, nobody will know you didn’t grate them yourself. She’s only distributed by Whole Foods so far. Most Promising Untasted Product – Fiorella Pasta Co. At...

, cut each round into 12 wedges. Roll wedges from wide to narrow, you will end up with point on outside of cookie. Place on ungreased baking sheets and chill rugelach 20 minutes before baking. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. After...

Mine probably was when I took a job as a baker at a local restaurant/deli in high school. First day in, I was handed a neat little stack of laminated index cards for things like muffins, cookies, tarts, etc. Before that, I had...

and and store-brand Ruffles either in the bag or in a tupperware bowl with a paper napkin lining it. Serve something that looks like it is from an earlier holiday and say you got a great deal on it because it was left over....

, Peter, took a second bite of this one and had good things to say. The crust was really good and almost cookie like after being reheated in the toaster oven. The peaches in the cobbler were finely spiced and reasonably firm, but...

Here are mine: 1. BLACK AND WHITE COOKIES: Rocco’s Bakery in the Village 2. CHEESE SHOP: Ideal Cheese on Second Avenue and 63rd 3. COFFEE: Porto Rico Importing, Bleecker Street 4. MEXICAN RESTAURANT COMFORT DISH: Queso Fondido

days. Just be sure you take everything out of the refrigerator in plenty of time to let it come completely up to room temperature before assembling. METHOD: I find working on a well buttered jelly roll pan or cookie sheet means...

been to the city before, has also discovered a new love in black & white cookies. Best value for the group as a whole probably at Momofuku Ssam Bar. rb2 and I are both American-born, under the age of 24 and happy eating all over...