Each Chanukah, Temple Sinai in South Burlington holds The Great Brisket Bake-Off following Friday services. December 3, 2010, members of the congregation shared their individual takes on the braised beef dish. Alice dug into them all, along with latkes, kasha varnishkes and noodle kugel. See you next year, Great Brisket Bake-Off!

AAN award-winning food writer Alice Levitt is a fan of the exotic, the excellent and automats. She wrote for Seven Days 2007-2015.