Books of the Minnesota State Fair

Get ready for the Great Minnesota Get Together with some fiction and nonfiction celebrating or featuring the Minnesota State Fair!

Updated July 2, 2025
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Minnesota State Fair : an illustrated history
Koutsky, Kathryn Strand
Paper Book
"You won't be able to stop turning the pages."--Lynne Rossetto Kasper, host of Public Radio's The Splendid Table State fairs are cornerstones of the American tradition, and few are as beloved as the Minnesota State Fair. Since 1854, Minnesota has reveled in promoting the rich...
State Fair: The Great Minnesota Get-Together
Landvik, Lorna
Paper Book
Machinery Hill. Edibles on a stick. Livestock competitions. Princess Kay of the Milky Way. The Grandstand. The Midway. It must be State Fair time! A Minnesota institution since 1859, the Great Get-Together draws more than one and a half million people to the annual "Twelve Days of...
Minnesota Vacation Days: An Illustrated History
Strand Koutsky, Kathryn
Paper Book
Greyhound buses and vintage suitcases, whitewashed cottages and wildlife souvenirs, fishing camps and bathing beauties adorn the pages of Minnesota Vacation Days: An Illustrated History. Here the authors of the wildly popular Minnesota Eats Out return to take readers across the state, through the...
Land of 10,000 plates : stories and recipes from Minnesota
Johnson, Patrice M.
Paper Book
Woven into a northland year are food rituals that sustain us and connect us to our region, our climate, and one another. Meat raffles. Fish frys. Pizza farms. Booya. As surely as winter changes to spring to summer to autumn in Minnesota, highly anticipated seasonal events bring folks together for...
Can it & ferment it : more than 75 satisfying small-batch canning and fermentation recipes for the whole year
Thurow, Stephanie
Paper Book
Recipes in this helpful, full color book include strawberry chutney, the perfect garlic dill pickle, spring onion kimchi, cinnamon-honey apple butter, and more! Welcome to the world of produce preservation. In Can It & Ferment It, blogger and Certified Master Food...
The ultimate Minnesota cookie book : 100 best recipes from the star Tribune's Holiday Cookie contest
Dean, Lee Svitak
Paper Book
A fresh batch of deliciously distinctive recipes from the Star Tribune's beloved annual cookie contest--with even more recipes, enticing photographs, and bakers' stories Cold winters call for warm kitchens and cookie baking, especially around the holidays....
Compact farms : 15 proven plans for market farms on 5 acres or less : includes detailed farm layouts for productivity and efficiency
Volk, Josh
Paper Book
Small is beautiful, and these 15 real farm plans show that small-scale farmers can have big-time success. Compact Farms is an illustrated guide for anyone dreaming of starting, expanding, or perfecting a profitable farming enterprise on five acres or less. The farm plans explain how to harness an...
Small-scale homesteading : a sustainable guide to gardening, keeping chickens, maple sugaring, preserving the harvest, and more
Thurow, Stephanie
Ebook
A gathering of information and source of inspiration for homesteaders everywhere. With over thirty-five years of combined experience, homesteaders Stephanie Thurow and Michelle Bruhn have taught thousands of people across the globe how to garden, preserve food, tend backyard...
Grow Great Vegetables Minnesota and Wisconsin
Cohen, Bevin
Paper Book
Get the inside dirt, Minnesota and Wisconsin! The ultimate guide to growing food in the North Star and Badger states! This must-have guide to growing vegetables, fruits, and herbs provides you with insider advice on climate zones, average frost dates, and growing...
Ultimate guide to planting & growing vegetables at home
Paper Book
Every gardener needs at least one comprehensive gardening book on their shelf and this is it! An all-in-one resource for beginner and advanced gardeners with chapters on what you need to think about before starting a garden, planning, prepping, choosing the vegetables, sowing, growing, small space...
Big book of bread : 125+ recipes for every baker
Battilana, Jessica
Paper Book
#1 New York Times Bestseller * USA TODAY Bestseller * Publishers Weekly Bestseller Named One of the Best Cookbooks of the Year by: New York magazine, The Readable Feast, AOL, Here & Now From the beloved baking...
Baking across America : a vintage recipe road trip
Hollis, B. Dylan
Paper Book
Join B. Dylan Hollis, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Baking Yesteryear, on a cross-country culinary journey with 100 uniquely American recipes. From the deserts of the Southwest to the shining Atlantic Coast, the USA is as sweet as it gets. In this tour...

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