PRESS PHOTOS BY AARON BERGERStephanie Bennett of Allentown, Sara Ritter of South Whitehall, Holly Hebron of Allentown, Terrence Baker of Allentown, and Rebecca Wagner of Allentown, members of the team “Jews by Association,” put a lot of love into cooking their latkes at the Jewish Community Center of Allentown’s Latke-Vodka Hanukkah Cook-off Dec. 14. Five teams competed to see whose latke was supreme at the cook-off.

Beth Kushnick of Allentown, Debi Wiener of South Whitehall, Lauren Rabin of Allentown, Ilene Ringold of Allentown, and Kira Bub of South Whitehall, members of the team “A Bad Mom’s Hanukkah,” celebrate after preparing several latkes at the cook-off.