I thought my judging days were over. I had been asked to serve as a pie judge at the State Fair of Texas in 2019—a career highlight—only to go years without another invite. Then in the spring my ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. When Briana Snyder entered her homemade cake in the Kentucky State Fair last year, she had no idea she'd opted for one of the ...

This could be a segment on your new favorite cooking show. But no audience gets to see the taste-testing rounds for, arguably, the most competitive and cared-about culinary category at the Kentucky ...

Pamela Woodberry’s State Fair career started in the Arts & Crafts division in 1996. “I crochet so I don’t kill people,” she says, laughing. “That’s my therapy.” She started out with crocheted food ...

Judging for the ugliest cake contest was standing room only at the Iowa State Fair. Cakes of all sizes, shapes, colors and textures decorated the sides of the judging room in the Elwell Family Food ...

For what it's worth, I think any prize-eligible entry in the fair, from cakes to hogs, should be made or grown in Kentucky by current Kentucky residents only. To allow out-of-state entrants and ...

SYRACUSE — People with quilts, cakes, cows, or one of hundreds of other possible competition entries for the Great New York State Fair can begin entering this summer’s blue-ribbon contests online. The ...

This could be a segment on your new favorite cooking show. But no audience gets to see the taste-testing rounds for, arguably, the most competitive and cared-about culinary category at the Kentucky ...