I Got One of Those Expensive Holiday-Themed Le Creusets, and Here’s What I Used It For — Dutch Ovens

The year was 2013. Hanukkah was upon us and people everywhere were losing their minds over the fact that the Festival of Lights would coincide with Thanksgiving for the first time since the 1800s. They called it Thanksgivukkah, and the Internet was abuzz with dishes that incorporated scrumptious traditions from both holidays: challah bread stuffing, cranberry applesauce, Manischewitz-brined turkey.

Cut to me peeling and grating five pounds of sweet potatoes and three sweet onions by hand until 4 a.m., squeezing out their excess water with cheese cloth, and forming them into what would turn out to be perfectly shaped yet tragically over-salted sweet potato latkes.

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