Noted menu items included cheese blintzes, potato pancakes "(latkes)", hot onion rolls, and split-pea soup. Italkim and Hungarian Jews traditionally eat cheese pancakes known as "cassola" or "cheese latkes". Traditionally, "gribenes" were served with potato kugel or latkes during Hanukkah. "matza latkes" (pancakes) and chremslach (also called "crimsel" or "gresjelies"; matza meal fritters). Traditional foods include latkes, a fried potato fritter, especially among Ashkenazi families. Geoff credits an excess of matzah ball soup and latkes for their size. The story begins with the family getting ready for breakfast with Ignacio making potato latkes. Latkes need not necessarily be made from potatoes. Latkes made of grated potatoes are the most traditional version and are still very popular. Until the late 1970s, latkes were the traditional Hanukkah food in the United States. Noodle latkes come in a number of varieties, some of which are listed below. She was making latkes, which he remembers took a long time. Shefrin also illustrated Bossin's chap book, "Latkes" (Nick Books, 2005).