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We Win for Best Local Food in First-Ever D.C. State Fair

August 29th, 2010 · 9 Comments · garden

I didn’t win any of the categories I entered in yesterday’s first-ever D.C. State Fair. Not jams or jellies, not pickles, not biggest vegetable. But when all the votes were counted, our zucchini bread and butter pickles–which came in third behind pickled peaches and pickled white asparagus–won us the overall title of “Best D.C.-Grown Food Product.” […]

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Meet Me at the Fair

August 8th, 2010 · No Comments · food news

D.C. isn’t a state, but now it’s going to have its own state fair. A group of local food bloggers, including our friend Amelia Showalter, have organized the event to take place on the same day as Columbia Heights Day, with all kinds of contests to judge baked goods, pickles, jams, tastiest tomatoes, “most funky looking […]

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