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Minnesota State Fair
by jillbcooks 9/4/2009 4:40:00 PM

I love cookies.  I really do.  It is a simple pleasure, and one I like to indulge.  I like to experiment and find new recipes.  I especially like to get cookies that I hear others sing high praise for.  The Minnesota State Fair has a beloved cookie vendor called Sweet Martha's that people love.  I heard about it from just about everyone I met when I moved to Minnesota a couple summers ago.  I even heard about it on the message boards at Chow.com, a foodie website where users share food experiences.  My husband was set on getting some Sweet Martha's cookies, which, I should add, are sold in buckets....


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Tags: cookies, Minnesota State Fair, chocolate chip cookies

How Would You Spend Five Hundred Dollars
by jillbcooks 6/25/2009 8:22:00 AM

I just registered to compete in the Baked Goods contest at the Minnesota State Fair.  From here on out, I am on the lookout for ideas and inspiration.  I know that I want to find a way to put a contemporary twist on a classic recipe.  I have been really into baking bundt cakes this year, so I think that I want to use a basic bundt recipe as my starting place.  Now the key is to think about how to make it fresh and different.  I really would love to win a blue ribbon at the Minnesota State Fair.  I think my Turtle Bundt cake needs some tweaking, but has a lot of promise.  I will keep you up to date here as I keep ...


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Tags: Minnesota State Fair, Asian Noodle Salad, bundt cake, Create a Stir, recipepe contest, Suddenly Salad

The Minnesota State Fair Food
by AndiatBettyCrocker 8/28/2008 12:17:00 AM

Jack decided that we should take Blake, our 15-month old grandson, to the state fair this year and we invited his parents to join us. We started out early in the day because that’s the best time to go to the animal barns. Blake liked the animals well enough but what he really liked was sitting on the tractors, motorcycles, and four-wheelers—just like his grandpa. As I began to think about where we would have lunch, Jason said to me, “Mom you don’t stop for lunch; you eat all day long”.  With that decided, we worked our way through the foot-long pronto pups and fried cheese curds to Buffalo shrimp on a skewer and deep-fried turkey wings (called Fl...


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Tags: Chocolate Covered Bacon, Fair Food, Minnesota State Fair, Roasted Corn-on-the-Cob

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