Stu News and Photos   My mother makes the best potato pancakes
in the world (this has been verified by NASA and Condé Nast).
Friends still ask for the recipe, so here's my version. A bow of
respect to my mom, as this recipe is 90% hers - I make slight
tweaks to the ingredients and technique, so if you make these
and you find them as delightful as I do, full credit goes to my
mother, who is one o' the greats.    Ingredients and Tools  A
whole mess of paper towels 1 decent-sized blender 1 large mixing
bowl 1 spatula 8 good-sized Russet potatoes 1 large onion (your
choice on variety) Matzo meal - you'll need about a cup for each
batch Canola oil (enough to fry this batch, maybe half a cup or
so) 4 Eggs  First I'll do a brief on the recipe and then the
details:  To make the latkes, scrub, peel, and cut up potatoes.
Cut up onion into chunks. Add a little oil, the eggs, the
'taters, and the onion to the blender and blend on low setting.
Once it is blended, pour the mush into a big bowl, add the matzo
meal. Then get