Taste of Home Blue Ribbon Winners: More than 275 Savory Bites and Sweet Delights that Bring Home the Flavors of the Fair

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