To answer my own post, this does the trick:
<?php $posts = get_posts( “category=6&numberposts=10” ); ?>
<?php if( $posts ) : ?>
<div class=”post” id=”post-<?php the_ID(); ?>”>
<?php foreach( $posts as $post ) : setup_postdata( $post ); ?>
<?php echo wptexturize($post->post_content); ?>
<?php endforeach; ?>
</div>
<?php endif; ?>
</div>
<?php get_footer(); ?>