Fare from the fair

By KATHRYN REM
FOOD EDITOR

Published Wednesday, April 30, 2008

Pat Nelson has been entering culinary contests at the Illinois State Fair for years, and she’s won a lot of prizes. Not long ago, she earned an unexpected premium when a free copy of a cookbook featuring one of her winning state-fair recipes arrived at her home in the Fulton County town of Vermont.

“It was quite a surprise. I’m so proud to be featured in the book,” said the retired fraternity-house cook about her inclusion in “Blue Ribbon Recipes: 693 Award-Winners from America’s State and County Fairs” (Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers, 2007, $19.95), edited by Barbara Greenman.

Fair celebrates Oklahoma Centennial with ‘Fare' cookbook

By Sharon Dowell
Food Editor

A new cookbook is coming to the Oklahoma State Fair Centennial Expo, which will open Sept. 13. "Oklahoma State ‘Fare'” will have some prize-winning recipes from past fairs as well as recipes provided by Oklahoma celebrities and plenty of Oklahoma Centennial-related information and recollections.

Karen's note: I am sure that this cookbook will be award winning. Go read the rest of the story.