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LOOKING AHEAD
HOLIDAY MARKET: December 4 with special hours, 11am-2pm Plans are in the works for our traditional holiday market, after a 2-year hiatus, due to Covid. Shop 'til you drop and see Santa on his fire truck!
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LOOKING BACK - Completed 2022 Events
PIE BAKEOFF
Congrats to the winners:
First Place: Larry Willett, Tourte aux Pommes de Terre (French Potato Pie)
Second Place: Kristin Schmidt, Plum Crumble
Third Place: Rita Murphy, Berry Custard Pie
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GARLIC FEST 2022!
Thanks to the more than 400 customers for voting.
The winners are:
Top Garlic Farmer goes to Full Circle Farm.
Lorianne Bartlett won Top Garlic Artist
Our own market publicist, Toni Aluisi won in the Top Garlic Food category.
Also, a special thanks to James Riciutti and Susan Belsinger for their wonderful chef demos and to special guest Jim Reinhardt, "The Garlic Guy", owner of Natures Garlic Farm in Easton for his recipes and tips on growing garlic.
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HOT PEPPER EATING CONTEST
Congratulations to the winners Jose Harpell and Jomuna Komasi and to all the participants.
A special thanks to our host, James Ricciuti and to our student volunteers. Plus, we’re so appreciative of the generosity of our farmers who donated peppers.
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BUZZED ABOUT HONEY
The market hosted a special honey pairing event. We partnered with the Sandy Spring Museum to bring a wonderful event featuring amazing honey pairings including honey rum, mead, challah, scones, churros, apples and lots more. A food historian and beekeeper guided us through a delectable feast.
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SOMETHING ELECTRIFYING AT THE MARKET
An Electric Car Display! Market goers were treated to the new Chevy Bolt, Ford Lightning Pickup and Tesla Model Y.
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A TASTE OF PORTUGAL
Our food vendors offered Portuguese specialty dishes. Our guests include Portuguese Embassy Counselor Henrique Henriques, Gracie Woitering, president of the Portuguese Language Cultural Association in Rockville, and Tiago Torres, the Association’s Secretary. Portugues-inspired music played simultaneously in 4 corners of the market, as occurs in Lisbon. Our guests were impressed with our market.
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KIDS IN BIZ
Our kids had a successful and fun time being a vendor for the day. They made and sold homemade items, and, learned customer service, making change and being a successful salesperson. Our popular event had another great day!
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