Everyone loves state and county fairs for the fun, festivities and, most important, the food! From corn dogs, funnel cakes and turkey legs to prize-winning pies, blue-ribbon cakes, and award-worthy barbecue, everything just tastes better at the fair. Now you can relish those lip-smacking specialties at home with the all-new cookbook, Blue Ribbon Winners. Indulge in your favorite fair foods all year long and cook with confidence knowing that the dishes in this book are proven winners! Not only will you find fair-worthy recipes, but we’ve also included prize-winning specialties from chili cookoffs, barbecue competitions, baking challenges, national recipe contests and dozens of other culinary tournaments. In addition, you’ll find stories and photos from state fairs all across the country as well as heartwarming memories about fairs from yesteryear. Plus, tips from our Test Kitchen pros help you capture the flavors of the fair with ease. So, get ready for fried cheese, succulent fudge, grilled corn, decadent cream puffs and food on sticks. With Blue Ribbon Winners it’s never been easier to serve up a prizeworthy dish. CHAPTERS The Best Fair Foods Fried Favorites Snacks & Other Crowd Pleasers Chili Cookoff & Tex Mex Winners Prizewinning Entrees Baked to Perfection Winning Jams, Jellies & Preserves Best Cookies, Bars & Brownies Blue-Ribbon Pies Gold-Trophy Cakes Grand-Prize Desserts, Sweets & Treats RECIPES Deep-Fried Cheese Bites Tacos on a Stick Buffalo Chicken Egg Rolls America’s Favorite Funnel Cakes Root Beer Pulled Pork Sloppy Joe Meatball Subs Deep-Fried Mac & Cheese Shells Fair-Favorite Corn Dogs Fried Mashed Potato Balls Calgary Stampede Ribs Contest-Winning Blueberry Quick Bread Gingerbread Spice Jelly Best-Ever Strawberry Pie Five-Star Brownies Blue-Ribbon Red Velvet Cake State Fair Cream Puffs

When the fair is in town, people flock from far and wide for the fun games, festivities and (most importantly) food! Now, you no longer need to wait all year to enjoy your fair-time favorites. Whether you want to skip the long line for a turkey leg or are looking to enjoy some hot hush puppies at home, step right up and discover the tasty wonders that await!

With this new unbeatable collection of 450+ recipes and tips from Taste of Home, you'll be known as the reigning cooking champ among family and friends. In this all-new edition of Taste of Home Winning Recipes, you will find that "just right" dish for every meal and every occasion. And because every recipe is a prize-winning selection, you know every dish will taste incredible. To create this impressive collection, home cooks from coast to coast sent in their very best recipes to one of the many cooking contests held by Taste of Home. Our Test Kitchen pros reviewed every single submission, and selected only those they knew would be a smash hit. Here's a sampling of the blue-ribbon features packed into this all-new edition: 450+ new winning recipesand tips from Taste of Home contest Color photo of every recipe 17 irresistible chapters, including can't-miss appetizers, top-notch breakfasts soups, salads, sides, entrees, breads and--let's not forget--tempting desserts Valuable cooking tips and how-to's from the Taste of Home Test Kitchen pros Easy-to-follow directions Prep and cook times for easy meal planning Handy icons make it easy and fast to identify 1st Place Winners, Lighter Recipes, Time Saver Options and Serves Two, recipes perfectly portioned for a pair CHAPTERS Appetizers & Beverages Salads Soups & Chili Sandwiches Breakfast & Brunch Beef Pork Poultry Seafood Meatless Sides Quick Breads Yeast Breads Cookies & Bars Cakes & Cheesecakes Pies Desserts Recipes Grilled Shrimp with Apricot Sauce Cola Hot Wings Ham & Cheese Breakfast Strudels Chipotle-Honey Grilled T-Bones BBQ Brisket Flatbread Pizzas Potato Bacon Casserole Gorgonzola Pasta with Walnuts Roasted Tomato Soup Stuffing Dumpling Soup Hot Buttered Rum Rolls Tomato & Olive Bread Tiramisu Crepes Crescent Apple Dessert

A collection of delicious recipes features the best of American cuisine from the prize-winning cooks of the nation's state fairs and includes a listing of blue ribbon winners, a metric measurement conversion chart, and much more.

Seventeen years after starting their Blue Ribbon restaurant in Manhattan, the brothers behind the now nine-restaurant phenomenon share their secrets for exceptional American fare.

Fair Foods is an illustrated cookbook featuring the recipes of the most popular and offbeat food served at state and county fairs across the USA. Packed with 120 original recipes created by award-winning chef, best-selling author, and renowned educator George Geary, Fair Foods includes such state and county fair classics as Texas Maple Bacon Donuts, The World’s Gooiest Cinnamon Rolls with Cream Cheese Frosting, Aztec Hot Chocolate, Witch’s Brew, Caramel Kettle Corn, Fried Sweet Potato Sticks, Ten-Pound Cheesebuns, Cheesecake on a Stick, Chocolate-Encased Bacon, Fried Coca-Cola, Fried Guacamole, Fried Oreo Cookies, BBQ Turkey Legs, Bacon-Wrapped Chicken and Waffles, Blue Ribbon Chili, Pork Chop on a Stick, and Spicy Peanut Butter and Jelly Burgers. Each page in Fair Foods is lavishly illustrated with both vintage and contemporary photographs of America’s most beloved fair foods, as well as fun and lively images of rides and attractions and nostalgic ephemera. Fair Foods is not only mouthwateringly addictive, it also captures the joy and spirit of America’s greatest state and county fairs.

Blue Ribbon Preserves features the award-winning recipes, canning tips, and methods for making preserves that have made Linda J. Amendt one of the top prize-winning cooks in the nation. This handy and helpful volume explains how to make the finest jams, jellies, marmalades, preserves, conserves, butters, curds, fruit, vegetables, juices, sauces, pickles, vinegars, syrups, and specialty preserves. Plus, it has a complete canning guide with the latest methods and safety precautions.