Summer learning in kitchen and family activities
Meredith Hines Dochterman shares a summer plan to prevent the summer slide with worksheets reading times and documentary viewings. The family also joins camps, makes homemade fruit roll ups, and includes kitchen tips for kids to learn cooking and food prep skills.
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Iowa State Fair Adds 41 New Food Contest Divisions
The Iowa State Fair expands its food contest to 41 new divisions and more than 230 total categories for cake decorating donut making pie baking and other skills. Marketing director Lori Chappell notes the goal to keep entries fresh and appealing across varied levels of competitors.
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Iowa State Fair Food Contests Highlight Big Prizes
The 14th Tone's Cinnamon Roll Contest offers 4500 dollars in cash prizes. Kenmore honored harvest time recipes contest awards a 5000 dollar kitchen makeover plus a trip to New York and cookbook feature. Junior and intermediate Ugly Cake contest awards a large one topping pizza and tokens. SPAM and pie contests offer up to 200 dollars and 150 dollars respectively.
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Impossible Easy Mini Chicken Pot Pies And Cupcake Recipe
A reader shares two simple bake recipes. The first makes bite sized chicken pot pies using chicken, vegetables, cheese and a Bisquick based topping baked in muffin cups. The second is a chocolate cupcake with sour cream and a chocolate buttercream frosting, baked in lined muffin cups.
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