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Tuesday, December 1, 2015 PENNLIVE.COM/LIVING B1

Zesty zucchini and feta latkes

Photos by Matthew Mead, The Associated Pres

Potatoes

with

pizzazz
BYALISON LADMAN | The Associated Press

round Hanukkah, which starts Sunday,we usually spend a lot of time thinking up new things to top our
latkes with. After all, the potato pancakes themselves are pretty simple. Shred some potatoes, bind them
into patties, then fry until golden and crisp. Now bring on the sour cream and apple sauce and smoked
salmon and anything else you can dream up (caviar is awfully nice).

But this year, we decided

to come at it from the other
side. Could we create delicious latkes that build their
flavor from the inside out?
Indeed! All we had to do
was look to other cultures
for inspiration. And so we
have Greek-inspired latkes
studded with shredded
zucchini and chunks of feta
cheese. And we have Indian
sweet potato latkes spiked
with a hit of curry powder. And for an ultimate
doughnut-like decadence,
we created cinnamon-sugar
latkes, too.
All of these variations

are built from our excellent

classic latke recipe, which
does a great job drying the
shredded potatoes (the key
for crisping when fried).

CLASSIC LATKES
Start to finish: 45 minutes
Yield: 12 latkes
Ingredients
2 pounds Russet potatoes
1 medium yellow onion, finely
chopped
2 teaspoons kosher salt
Classic Latkes

Please see POTATOES on Page B2

Out of the flame, onto the table Swatara Twp. Dairy Queen
closes after nearly 50 years
at Foundry Craft Grillery
Mimi Brodeur
ADDED SPICE

Dedication
is putting
your own spin
on it, even
if that means
removing a
double-paned
window so a crane can fit
acustom wood-fired grill into
your new restaurant.
I bought the BMW of
grills,said Eric Hoover, who
owns Foundry Craft Grillery,
formerly Nikos, with his
wife, Vickie. We craned it in
right above the Ninth Street
entrance of the historic Lebanon Farmers Market.
After customers take the
elevator or climbto the third
floor, the restaurant, which
opened in the spring, separates into two unique venues. A quiet, more romantic

Courtesy of Foundry Craft Grillery

Foundry Craft Grillery, near the Historic Lebanon Farmers

Market, pays homage to the towns foundry roots and forges
flavors over the flame.
setting with private tables
and leather-backed booths
contrasts with a rustic,
gregarious barroom with
edge tables overlooking the
farmers market below.
An open kitchen adds intrigue and a fiery atmosphere
as pizzas slip in and out of hot
coals and meats sizzle and

steam over a wide grill space.

Two local purveyors,Groffs
Meats in Elizabethtown and
Limestone Springs Fishing Preserve in Jackson
Twp.,supply meats and fish to
the restaurant.
Were not hyper-local, but
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Orin Long said goodbye

Wednesday to generations of
customers who have ordered
Blizzards, cones and banana
splits.
After a nearly 50-year stint
at the Dairy Queen near
Steelton, Long retiredand
closedthelandmark restaurant at 1615 S. Cameron St. in
Swatara Twp.
During lunch on the
restaurants final day, a steady
stream of customers walked
into order ice cream. Many
thanked Long for his years
of service. Some gave him
hugs,others shook his hand.
It was pretty shocking,
Sofia Tadych of Harrisburg
said. I came here almost every day when I was little. Im
pretty surprised.
Long is selling the restaurant, which he said likely
willbe demolished and rebuilt
as a Dairy Queen equipped
to serve food. He said he will
know by Dec. 15 if a potential

Sue Gleiter
WORD OF MOUTH

buyer will step forward.

Generations of people from
the surrounding East Shore
neighborhoods, spanning
from Middletown to Harrisburg, are familiar with the
Dairy Queen location. It was
open seasonally from February through November.
Longs career there started
in 1966 when he was 16, and
he took over as owner in 1997.
His wife, Jean Long, helps him
with the day-to-day operations and oversees the books.
Thats a lot of years in
here, he said.

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