Bobby Forch wins best dressed and best presentation for his lemon tart.

As we learned from the Municipal Idol casting rundown, Ginsberg is a long shot against incumbent Richard Conlin. But even if you don’t vote for the guy, you’ll totally want to invite his adorable family to your barbecues this summer. This salsa is just one more reason why.

Oh, you’re the David taking on Goliath, a woman told Jessie Israel while dishing up her salad concocted with a variety of legumes and vegetables she got at the Pike Place Market. After a few bites the woman decides Israel has hit the jackpot. Maybe there’s a lesson in this for long-shot challengers to entrenched incumbents. Winning on the issues is very difficult, but perhaps your command of local ingredients will sway the electorate.

Martin Kaplan is a straight-shooter who doesn’t waste time on Facebook, thinks our knee-jerk distrust of developers like Paul Allen is misplaced, and brings an honest salad and cheese wedge to a potluck.

Technically this was an event for city council campaigns, but mayoral hopeful Mike McGinn helped found Great City, the group putting on the event last night, so he crashed it with a salad made of ingredients out of his garden. Only the olive oil and vinegar dressing wasn’t local.

David Miller is a one-man church potluck, arriving with deli-ham rolled around cream cheese and pickles, apple cake, and gumbo.

Mike O’Brien made mini quiches with veggies from his garden and eggs from his chickens. Does it surprise you that this guy would have photos of himself commuting by bicycle in the snow?

Dorsal Plants has vegetarian-friendly ribs conveniently located right next to Ginsberg’s salsa. Put these guys on last-minute barbecue speed-dial.

Robert Rosencrantz says he went to Safeway intending to do something complicated when he saw that cherries were $1.88 a pound. He doesn’t know what species they are (Do I look like a botanist?) but argues that in bringing something so simple, he’s showing creativity and fiscal responsibility.

Jordan Royer does coalition building through summer fruits and mixed geens.