The “Chef in Residence” program kicks off Saturday (June 27) at the University District Farmers Market with an appearance by the fine folks at Canlis — chef Jason Franey, and managing owners Mark and Brian Canlis. I’m a big fan of this summer market feature, where chefs and food aficionados hang out from 10 a.m. to noon in a designated booth, answering a steady stream of questions from shoppers wondering what to cook with the fresh ingredients of the week. Yours truly (that would be me) will be on the hot seat on Aug. 8, and I hope you’ll visit. As I told the organizers, I may not be able to provide novel recipes for every ingredient, but I’ll do my best — and heck, I can at least help you write about what you cook. 

The market is located at Northeast 50th and University Avenue NE. Here’s the full schedule:

June 27: Canlis chef Jason Franey, managing owners Mark Canlis and Brian Canlis

July 4: Cynthia Nims, cookbook author and Kim O’Donnel, food writer and author
July 11: Robin Leventhal, formerly of Crave restaurant
July 18: Craig Hetherington, TASTE Restaurant
July 25: Jerry Traunfeld, Poppy

Aug. 1:  Kathleen Flinn, author “The Sharper Your Knife, the Less You Cry”
Aug. 8: Rebekah Denn, reporter and food writer
Aug. 22: Shauna and Danny Ahern of Gluten-Free Girl and Good Bite
Aug. 29: Greg Johnson, ChefandFather.com

Sept. 12: Jordi Viladas, Café Lago
Sept. 26: food writer Matthew Amster-Burton, author of “Hungry Monkey”

Oct. 3: Christina Choi, The Wild Foods Calendar and co-founder of Foraged and Found
Oct. 17:  Greg Atkinson, chef and author, West Coast Cooking
Oct. 24: Greg Johnson, ChefandFather.com
10/31 – Jeff Bergman, chef and food consultant

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