Our First Annual Harvest Festival in October was a celebration of Bay Area makers and farmers — and our community. The day featured local vendors serving food, a pie baking contest, pumpkin decorating, and a riveting game of Bucha Pong (think beer pong but with Kombucha!)
Thank you to the vendors that helped make the day a success: San Korean Kitchen, Marin Kombucha, Llano Seco beans, Half Pint Ciders, Solidaritea, Regrained, Symbol Granola, INNA Shrub, Melissa’s Raw Paleo, Yes Cacao, Bump City Cookies, Mama’s Cookies, Alive & Radiant, Lover’s Lane Honey, Bread SRSLY, Kettle Krakkers, Mama Tong, Desta Epicures Guild, Bold Bean Dips, Baia Pasta, and Patagonia Provisions.
Our panel of pie contest judges included Graham Driver, Jonathan Alexander, Lauren Miller, special guest judges Tanya Henry of the Pacific Sun and Leanne Battelle of the Marin Independent Journal.
Here is a gallery of the beautiful and delicious pies that were submitted.
First Place Pie: Leah Rosenthal’s Pumpkin Chiffon Pie. Congrats, Leah!
Pumpkin Pie by XLC Jolorande. A classic!
Ann Matranga’s spectacular Apple Tart.
Melissa Modney’s delightful Meyer Lemon Meringue pie.
Apple Pie by Tim McEnery. Delicious!
Pecan Pie by Markana Jordan. A beauty.
Chocolate Bourbon Pie. Outstanding!
CJ Spady’s delicious Apple Pie.
Apple Pie with streusel topping by Anton and Elsie Hottner. Excellent!
Tula Biederman’s Apricot Pie — a family recipe!
Peter and Francis Streitmann’s stunning cheese pie.
Jennifer Kehoe’s Pecan Pie with gorgeous leaf cut crust.
Elegant Chai Pumpkin Pie by Trey Jalbert.