Challah Taste-Off

12:00 - 2:30 p.m.

The wildly popular Challah Taste-Off is back! Sample bites of free challah from some of the area’s best commercial bakeries and cast your ballot for your favorite. Participating bakeries include:

• Bread’s Unlimited, 6914 Arlington Rd., Bethesda, Md.

• Great Harvest Bakery, 12266-N Rockville Pike (Federal Plaza), Rockville, Md.

• Kirsten’s Café, 9326 Georgia Ave., Silver Spring, Md.

• Kosher Mart, 4860 Boiling Brook Parkway, Rockville, Md.

• Shalom Kosher Market & Bakery, 2307 University Blvd. W., Silver Spring, Md.

• Shaul’s Kosher Market, 1319 Lamberton Dr., Wheaton, Md.

• Spring Mill Bread Company, 4961 Elm St., Bethesda, Md.

• Upper Crust Bakery, 13488 New Hampshire Ave., Silver Spring, Md.

3:30 p.m.

Come hear which bakery won the Folks Award (the people’s choice) and the Mavens’ Faves, chosen by our panel of judges, including:

Larry Fishbein, publisher, Washington Jewish Week

Jordan Hassin, deputy cultural attache, Embassy of Israel

Sheilah Kaufman, cookbook author

Leslie Milk, editor, Washingtonian Magazine

Joan Nathan, cookbook author

Mark Ramsdell, pastry program director, L’Academie de Cuisine

Ari Roth, artistic director, Theatre J

Hank Silverberg, reporter, WTOP-News Radio

Gene Weingarten, humor columnist, Washington Post