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Los Angeles, CA - November 29: Middle Eastern Style Latkes are deep fried in oil at the Los Angeles Times' studio kitchen on Tuesday, Nov. 29, 2022 in Los Angeles, CA.(Dania Maxwell / Los Angeles Times)

Latkes with yogurt and date molasses

Make these crispy, golden latkes using potatoes, squash and sweet potatoes. They take on the flavors of the Middle East when yogurt is mixed with mint and drizzled with date molasses and olive oil.
1 hour 30 minutes, partly unattended
Makes about 24 latkes

Home for the Holidays

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, Nov. 22, 2021: Vegan Salty Black-and-White Chocolate Crinkle Cookies from Ben Mims' vegan and a glutten-free holiday selection, photographed on Monday, Nov. 22, 2021, at Proplink Studios in Arts District Los Angeles. (Photo / Silvia Razgova / For the Times, Prop Styling Kate Parisian) ATTN: 876718-la-fo-holiday-cookies

Salty Black-and-White Chocolate Crinkles

1 hour 30 minutes
Makes about 2 1/2 dozen
Vegetable tamales set out for guests. Avila has stuffed them with butternut squash, tomatillos and Roma tomatoes, chiles and cheese.

Wes Avila's Early Christmas tamales

2 hours 30 minutes
Makes about 20 tamales
Recipe: Hemingway's nog

Hemingway's nog

5 minutes
Serves 1
Gingerbread heart house cookies made in the Los Angeles Times Test Kitchen. Adapted from a recipe by Katie Rodgers.

Gingerbread heart houses

1 hour
Makes about 3 dozen cookies, depending on size
Purple cauliflower looks especially dramatic.

Slow-Roasted Winter Vegetables

2 hours
Serves 12
A 15-pound ham was auctioned for $2 million at the Kentucky State Fair. Pictured is a chipotle-and-orange-glazed ham that goes for much less.

Chipotle- and orange-glazed ham

2 hours 10 minutes
Serves 10 to 12

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Recipes from L.A. Chefs

EL SEGUNDO, CALIFORNIA, June 16, 2022: Chef Martin Draluck's rigatoni with cream, parmesan, black pepper and sherry photographed for Ben Mims' column on Thursday, June 16, 2022, at the Los Angeles Times' test kitchen in El Segundo, Cali. (Silvia Razgova / For the Times, Prop Styling / Jennifer Sacks) Assignment ID: 973882

Parmesan Mac N Cheese

Sotto chef and owner Steve Samson has filling in and is ready to fold and roll tortellini in brodo, a Bolognese New Year's staple at his restaurant in Los Angeles.

Tortellini in brodo

4 hours
Serves 12 to 16
LOS ANGELES, CA-ASeptember 5, 2019: Gambas al Ajillo prepared by chef Aitor Zabala at Somni restaurant on Thursday, September 5, 2019. (Mariah Tauger / Los Angeles Times)

Gambas al Ajillo: Garlicky Shrimp Saute

15 minutes
Serves 1 to 2
LOS ANGELES, CA-NOVEMBER 10, 2017: Ray Garcia's Buttermilk Biscuits (Mel Melcon/Los Angeles Times)

Buttermilk biscuits

1 hour
Makes about 12 biscuits
LOS ANGELES, CA -- THURSDAY JUNE 30, 2018--Msabaha, a chunky hummus at Bavel's restaurant. (Maria Alejandra Cardona / Los Angeles Times)

Bavel's hummus masabacha

30 minutes
Makes a generous 2 cups
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, JULY 28, 2021: Braised Chicken with Tomatillo and a side of Bean and Cucumber Salad; for the August Week of Meals story by Ben Mims, photographed on Wednesday, July 28, 2021, at Proplink Studios in Arts District Los Angeles. (Silvia Razgova / For The Times) ATTN: 815461-la-fo-week-of-meals-august-2021

Chipotle-Braised Chicken With Tomatillo Bean Salad

50 minutes
Serves 4
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