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The fourth annual Hanukkah celebration at Umami Mart with Erin Gleeson of The Forest Feast and Rabbi Jack. Latkes and cider served.

It's Hanukkah next week! You know what that means... our festive and cozy annual soiree with Erin Gleeson of The Forest Feast and Rabbi Jack! As always, we'll have plenty of He'Brew beer and latkes; and just like last year, we'll...

Last year we hosted a Hannukah party with Erin of The Forest Feast, and her husband Rabbi Jon, in our first year of business in Oakland. It was a peaceful evening, and the first time I ever lit a menorah! The...

Happy Hanukkah everyone! We're throwing a celebration this Wednesday on the fifth night. Our good friend Rabbi Jack Prosnit will be here to light the menorah and hang out with us. And of course, there will be food + drinks --...

In honor of this last day of Hanukkah, I made sufganiyot (jelly donuts). Believe it or not, this is a Hanukkah tradition, right along with latkes (potato pancakes). This was the first time I’d made them so I used Martha Stewart’s recipe....

Chanukkah, the eight-day Jewish holiday and festival of lights, started last night!  We light a new candle on the menorah every evening after sundown. I will be making the traditional latkes (potato pancakes), like I do every year, and I plan to attempt making sufganiyot...