This is an Awesome 1997 cookbook - The Old Farmer's Almanac Home Library - Blue Ribbon Recipes. Award-Winning Recipes from America’s Country Fairs by Polly Bannister and the Editors of The Old Farmer’s Almanac. Copyright 1997 by Yankee Publishing, Inc. Printed in the United States of America. ISBN 0-7835-4935-0. Distributed in the book trade by Time-Life Books, Inc. 160 pages. Measures 9” tall and 6” wide. Used to be a library book from Tanglewood Elementary Media Center USD #260, Derby, KS. Has a library card holder and stamps throughout book. Some of the back of the book – Throughout the years, across the country, festivals, states fairs, national cooking competitions, and brand-name sweepstakes are held. Many of these celebrations – like the Garlic Festival in Gilroy, California and the Mushroom Festival in Kennett Square, Pennsylvania – honor local harvest. Some honor entire regions, and still others celebrate out agricultural traditions. The height of those fairs is the food –much of it lovingly crafted from recipes passed down through generations. Gathered in this cookbook are the championship recipes from cooks around the country. Here are more than 85 mouth-watering dishes, including: Lily Flugrath’s Creamy Crab Bisque from the National Hard Crab Derby in Maryland. Robert Baker’s Tex-Mex Fried Pies from the State Fair of Texas. Kathleen Fritz’s Blueberry-Lemon Wisp from the Machias Wild Blueberry Festival in Main.. More than just their recipes, they share here their hard-won secrets and blue ribbon tips for crafting the very best dish in town. Outside soft cover has some wear from age and use; minor scruffs and scratches, minor marks, creases on the bottom back edge, minor wear on corners and edges. Inside pages have some wear from age and use; minor yellowing around outside edges. See all pictures! Great for any collection and priced right!  Sell at auction “as is”. Please note that Media mail takes 2-8 days or more to deliver. Thanks for looking!