This family recipe for German potato dumplings — an adaptation of kartoffelklösse — is prepared for holidays. It makes about 75 dumplings and can easily be doubled or tripled for a big holiday meal.

Fry salt pork until crisp. Cool and drain on a paper towel. With a food processor, grate raw potatoes and then put them through the processor again to create a fine puree. Put pureed potatoes in a ...

We open on my son Abe. He’s 2, seated in a high chair, and his hands are covered in flour and a sticky dough. “What are we making?” I ask, off-camera. “Potato balls,” he says, testing out his then-new ...