{"id":4911,"date":"2013-02-20T16:59:18","date_gmt":"2013-02-20T22:59:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.fairplex.com\/blog\/fairblog\/?p=4911"},"modified":"2013-02-20T16:59:18","modified_gmt":"2013-02-20T22:59:18","slug":"you-know-you-want-a-blue-ribbon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.fairplex.com\/blog\/fairblog\/2013\/02\/20\/you-know-you-want-a-blue-ribbon\/","title":{"rendered":"You Know You Want a Blue Ribbon"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.fairplex.com\/blog\/fairblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/blueribbon.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft  wp-image-4914\" title=\"blueribbon\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.fairplex.com\/blog\/fairblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/blueribbon-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"76\" height=\"82\" \/><\/a>Sure, the Fair is still six months away but it&#8217;s not too early to be thinking of entering your best cookie or salsa recipe or your best photograph into one of our fun &amp; exciting contests and competitions. Entries are open for all categories in Culinary Styles, Tapestry and America&#8217;s Kids. You look great in blue (ribbon, that is), so what are you waiting for?<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/lacountyfair.com\/2012\/entertainment\/competitions.asp\">Culinary Styles <\/a>features preserved foods, baked goods and several specialty categories like cheesecake recipe, all-American pie, BBQ, cupcakes and gourmet grilled cheese sandwiches. Every year the judges have a blast tasting all the goodies, and Fairguests love seeing who runs away with a first place. Deadlines for entry are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Preserved foods &#8211; June 25<\/li>\n<li>Baked goods and other featured contests\u00a0&#8211; Aug. 2<\/li>\n<li>Tablescaping &#8211; July 19 (hurry, this one fills up fast!)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/lacountyfair.com\/2012\/entertainment\/competitions.asp\">Tapestry<\/a>, which includes jewelry, arts &amp; crafts, needle art and photography, has a June 25 deadline.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/lacountyfair.com\/2012\/entertainment\/competitions.asp\">America&#8217;s Kids <\/a>is themed A Living Library of Fun (part 2) &#8211; a continuation of last year&#8217;s fun adventure where books came to life. Competitions include magic shoes (turn an ordinary pair of shoes into something spectacular), build a model hot air balloon, creative cakes, build a scarecrow, crafts, writing and so much more. Deadline for America&#8217;s Kids competitions is June 27.<br \/>\nDetails, including rules &amp; regulations and entry forms, for all the contests and competitions can be found at <a href=\"http:\/\/lacountyfair.com\/2012\/entertainment\/competitions.asp\">lacountyfair.com<\/a>.<br \/>\nOk, ready, set &#8211; cook and create!<br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sure, the Fair is still six months away but it&#8217;s not too early to be thinking of entering your best cookie or salsa recipe or your best photograph into one of our fun &amp; exciting contests and competitions. Entries are open for all categories in Culinary Styles, Tapestry and America&#8217;s Kids. You look great in&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,11,13,14],"tags":[63,220,225,250,253,433,607,1109],"class_list":["post-4911","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-contests-and-competitions","category-fairnews","category-food","category-funatthefair","tag-americas-kids","tag-competitions","tag-contests","tag-culinary","tag-culinary-styles","tag-food","tag-l-a-county-fair","tag-tapestry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.fairplex.com\/blog\/fairblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4911","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.fairplex.com\/blog\/fairblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.fairplex.com\/blog\/fairblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.fairplex.com\/blog\/fairblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.fairplex.com\/blog\/fairblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4911"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.fairplex.com\/blog\/fairblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4911\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.fairplex.com\/blog\/fairblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4911"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.fairplex.com\/blog\/fairblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4911"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.fairplex.com\/blog\/fairblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4911"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}