State Fair Handbooks

To order the 2010 version, send $5 (check or money order) to:

State Fair of Texas
Creative Arts Department
P.O. Box 150009
Dallas, Texas  75315

For additional information, email Mary Jo Capps at mcapps@bigtex.com

It's time to get busy! Synonymous with fairs everywhere, CREATIVE ARTS is where to find ribbon-winning entries in more than 1,100 categories, including canning, quilting, photography and crafts. Contest kitchens feature daily competitions and cooking demonstrations.

Don't delay -- Entry forms and entry fees are due July 30!

And, how about those cookbooks?

A certain State Fair guest named Oprah featured on her show recipes from Peter Clarc (chorizo dish) and Dorothy Lacefield (lemon tart mousse pie), co-winners in the Best of Best in Show.

Their winning recipes will be published in the 2010 State Fair Cookbook, available AUGUST 15. To order the upcoming book, please send a $30 check or money order (includes postage + handling), made payable to the State Fair of Texas, 2010 Cookbook, P.O. Box 150009, Dallas, TX 75315.

Some 2009 State Fair of Texas Cookbooks are still available for $30.00, payable with a check or money order. The walk-in price for a book is $25.00.  Winners listed in the cookbook were competitors during the 2008 State Fair of Texas.

Cookbooks may be purchased inside Creative Arts during the Fair for $25, but are usually sold out by the second week of the Fair. At Fairtime, books may be bought with cash, check, Master Card, Visa or American Express.

Where is the Creative Arts Building?

The building sits on Adm. Nimitz Drive, with the Cotton Bowl on its 'back doorstep.' Ribbon winners of all kinds and categories are artfully displayed in their 17,000-square foot home.