Fair food: Cookbook offers blue-ribbon recipes to make at home

Kristin Danley-Greiner
Aug 15, 2024
Aug 15, 2024

Iowa State Fair Blue Ribbon Foundation cookbook — Every other year, the Iowa State Fair Blue Ribbon Foundation releases a cookbook of blue ribbon-winning recipes from the past two food contests at the fair.
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Every two years, the Iowa State Fair Blue Ribbon Foundation releases a cookbook chock full of blue ribbon-winning recipes from the past two food contests at the fair.

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