7 Latke Ideas For The First Night Of Hanukkah From Great Performances 'Latke Fest'

Last night at the Brooklyn Academy of Music, New York City catering company Great Performances hosted the third annual Latke Fest. This wasn't just any Latke Fest though. Lest you thought latkes were merely fried potatoes with some onion, flour and egg, think again. These chef creations had everything from brisket to rose in them. Check out the slideshow below for some of our favorites of the evening.

All photos by Damon Dahlen

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[gymnasticsgurl20]

07:34 PM on 12/28/2011

These are latkes. If you are going to call them latkes then don't mix milk and meat! If you want to call them potato pancakes then fine, do what you want. This is insulting.

[Happy Clb]

07:30 PM on 12/22/2011

they all look amazing. mmmmmm.

[iam99]

04:04 PM on 12/22/2011

We drive to the twinburger for the double cheese burger with the secret sauce and, oh yeah, the house fries.

[stjoshy]

02:02 PM on 12/21/2011

ketchup.cookie monster not jewish. but cookie monster put ketchup. OMNOMNOMNOMNOM!!!!!

[bauby]

07:47 AM on 12/21/2011

The person who wrote the pictured recipe for Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola knows nothing about Jewish cooking rules. We do not put cheese on our meat. This is for Hanukkah, and separately, Jews keeping rules of kashrut (keeping a kosher menu) do not mix dairy products with meat products at a meal. This goes way back to the Old Testament (the Torah). So this recipe is in his/her dreams. Nobody is going to serve this at a Hanukkah meal! There will be NO gouda cheese there. If you want to write a Jewish menu, you need to know the rules. Nobody who is Jewish makes up such a concoction. It is disgusting to even look at, let alone think of eating. Now I can't wait until I read the other recipes that are meant for Jews to eat to see what other concoctions non-Jews made up for Jews to eat. Yuck!

[santiago warsaw]

02:00 PM on 12/21/2011

I agree that that pancake looks a bit "over the top"--and not so very appetizing. However, I don't think this latke festival was necessarily meant to be kosher (i.e. the mixing of dairy and meat), also potato pancakes are not a particularly "jewish food." If they are, then so is pizza or enchiladas.

[Halsey]

01:46 PM on 12/25/2011

bauby, as goyem(?) who's been privileged to attend Passover and yes, some of my best friends are Jewish :-)..I also was surprised as the kosher-keepers I know educated me long ago that diary and meat are NOT on the same plate. Gosh, if a shiksa goddess (in the olden days of youth :-) know that, surely a food journalist should. Oh well. For my $$ I'd go with #6 (Veruka.? I can't remember the name and not going back)..sounds perfect, even though I do not like apple sauce:-). Peace.

[Elairiddy]

12:22 AM on 12/21/2011

I hope so that is good dish......... http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20111126002651AAqylKm

[rawfoodsphd]

11:13 PM on 12/20/2011

Recently made a batch of butternut squash latkes in coconut oil and they were some of the most evenly browned and best-tasting ones I've ever had! www.rawfusionliving.com

[Jimm Milenski]

09:40 PM on 12/20/2011

What the hell is that thing? It looks like something I'd spray insecticide at.

[FSMbaby]

12:57 PM on 12/21/2011

You and me both. That looks frightening!

[Marsha Hallet]

06:41 PM on 12/20/2011

Can't wait to see if I can duplicate the latke with salmon, yogurt and quince. Hope I can find all the ingredients. www.knowfoodnow.com

[inkongirl]

04:45 PM on 12/20/2011

I thought meat and cheese together were not kosher. But they look tasty.