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Who Makes NYC’s Best Latkes?

Ladies and gentlemen, start your graters.

New York’s 8th annual Latke Festival is set for the Brooklyn Museum on Monday, December 19. It’s a throwdown by chefs at top Big Apple restaurants. Proceeds benefit the Sylvia Center, which provides culinary and health education at NYC housing centers.

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Last year’s winner, East Village Ukrainian mainstay Veselka, triumphed with an elegant but haimish latke mushroom julienne.

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Michael Kaminer is a contributing editor at the Forward. Contact him at [email protected]

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