Inside 43215: Downtown Draw
Feeling crafty? Then it’s high time to release your inner Martha Stewart at the North Market’s Gingerbread House Contest. Bake it build it, and pimp it out with some sugary stuff to bring to the North Market on Saturday, Nov. 10. The competition is part of a gigundo celebration called the Holiday Food Festival.
While the festival is officially celebrating the great flavors of the winter holidays, gingerbread contestants need not worry about the flavor of their houses. Event coordinator Mary Martineau issued this reassuring ruling: “The judges are architects and designers, so (while we do trust their taste buds) they are judging the houses on visual appeal.”
Besides, the gingerbread masterpieces will be displayed at the North Market for two months; bite marks decrease property values.
The Holiday Food Festival kicks off at 9 am with cooking demonstrations and booths of season’s eatings. The tykes can get into the house-building business in a gingerbread workshop hosted in the market’s Dispatch Kitchen from 11 am until 1 pm. As for the serious Gingerbread House Contest, judging commences at high noon. Contact Mary Martineau for details: 614-463-9664.
