Oh, hello 2022!

Did your holiday plans get scuttled? Are you ringing in the New Year quietly at home? You're in luck! We're having a pop-up market this Thursday, Dec. 30th. to crank the celebration up a notch.

Over 20 vendors are coming to help you give 2021 the boot.

We have no idea what the New Year will bring but we do know that your kitchen should be well stocked with market grub to get you through whatever comes next.

123 Dough is trying something new: sourdough noodles to make your own noodle dishes at home. They will also be preparing piping hot ramen and dan dan noodle bowls at the market for a belly-warming post-market lunch.

Dan dan noodles are so named for the long pole (dan dan) that Sichuanese street vendors use to balance the baskets of noodles and sauce they serve to customers on the street. Noodles, a symbol of longevity (only if you slurp them whole!) are the perfect way to welcome this New Year in particular. Make your own dan dan noodles at home using this recipe. You can find the noodles, ginger, scallions, pork and honey at the market.

In places like Cuba, Hungary and Austria, it's tradition to eat pork on New Year's Day for good luck. The folklore behind this tradition is that pigs tend to "root" or "arch forward" to forage and eat, symbolizing progress and forward movement. Amen to that!

Cornbread (color of gold) is also good luck, as are black-eyed peas and lentils, symbols of cold-hard currency.

Here's the perfect lentil one-pot dish (a pared-down cassoulet) guaranteed to gather everyone around the table on New Year's Day. Don't have the energy to cook? Jody's Kitchen is bringing black-eyed peas and collard greens!

If you are going to a small but safe gathering bring a bottle of Cooper's Daughter black walnut bourbon instead of bubbles. It's been that kind of year.

Also, a chic box of blondies from Blondery or salted caramels from La Petite Occasion are the perfect host gift and sweet note with which to end and start the year.

Market hours will be 10 to 2 p.m. Masks are required for the first hour of the market, 10 to 11 a.m.

See you at the market!