While some of the best cooks in Iowa ... This recipe for Merry Cherry-Plum Berry earned grand-prize honors in the 2008 Pillsbury Refrigerated Pie Crust Championships at the Kansas State Fair.

And Iowa State Fair food contests are not just about pies, cake decorating and canning. With close to 30 new food contests for 2019, amateur contestants can compete with their favorite recipes for ...

The heart and soul of the Iowa State Fair is food — the making ... "She said, 'I will find a way, and I will go to that State Fair.' " After winning a ribbon that first year, she had the fever.