The hamentash is a perfect representation of this more flexible, culturally variable, view of gender. The hamentash provides a vision of human possibility that similarly integrates the strengths that have been attributed to men and women. I leave you with the hope that some day we all can achieve that blending of circle and triangle, the synthesis of smoothness and crunch, the simultaneous embodiment of openness and fullness that we find in the hamentash. The reader will note that Prof. Shapiro had chosen a different spelling, viz. In deference to the citizenship of the author, I have left such 'Americanisms' intact.
Grated onion is a key ingredient of any latke.
My former husband believes that latkes should be fried in butter.