Get them while you can

by Julie Whitehorn

This summer, our beet posters (by local artist Elizabeth Mullaly) were so popular, we kept running out and having to order more. They flew off the table on market Thursdays, and popped up in shop windows and house windows around Queen Anne.

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Creative Costume Contest Winners

by Julie Whitehorn

We had quite a scene on Halloween. The hungry hordes, many of them in costume, lined up for pulled pork sandwiches, kimchee fried rice, panang curry, apple slices smothered in caramel, Muse coffee, and other good eats. The Blair Street Mugwumps pulled out all the stops, setting mummies and ghouls whirling in the street. In [...]

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Pumpkin Pieku

by Julie Whitehorn

In his official capacity as Poet in Residence of the market, we asked Evan Peterson to bake up something fresh for our pumpkin pie contest. He came, he delivered. He sampled pumpkin pie. And then he led a colorfully costumed parade through the market, tooting on his panflute. We like that in a satyr.

Pan-in-Residence Evan [...]

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Pie Contest Recipe: Megan’s Grandma’s Pumpkin Pie

by Julie Whitehorn

Our second-place winner Megan Caldwell said this pie is based on her grandmother’s recipe and the American Test Kitchen recipe. The flavor is traditional, full and rich, beautifully complimented by the eggnog whipped cream. Heating the filling and adding it to a hot crust are clearly winning techniques. Congratulations to Megan, who won a $30 [...]

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