{"id":38568,"date":"2012-07-12T15:39:30","date_gmt":"2012-07-12T22:39:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ineedtext.com\/FoodBlog\/?p=38568"},"modified":"2012-07-12T15:39:30","modified_gmt":"2012-07-12T22:39:30","slug":"a-stiffer-culinary-arts-competition-at-the-orange-county-fair-this-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.ineedtext.com\/FoodBlog\/a-stiffer-culinary-arts-competition-at-the-orange-county-fair-this-year\/","title":{"rendered":"A Stiffer Culinary Arts Competition At The Orange County Fair This Year."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ineedtext.com\/FoodBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/Fair-Entries-004.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-38569\" title=\"Fair Entries 004\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ineedtext.com\/FoodBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/Fair-Entries-004-450x337.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"337\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.ineedtext.com\/FoodBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/Fair-Entries-004-450x337.jpg 450w, http:\/\/www.ineedtext.com\/FoodBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/Fair-Entries-004-300x224.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">There are more entries than ever at the <a href=\"http:\/\/ocfair.com\/2012\/index.asp\" target=\"_blank\">Orange County Fair<\/a> this year.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ineedtext.com\/FoodBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/Fair-Entries-031.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-38570\" title=\"Fair Entries 031\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ineedtext.com\/FoodBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/Fair-Entries-031-450x337.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"337\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.ineedtext.com\/FoodBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/Fair-Entries-031-450x337.jpg 450w, http:\/\/www.ineedtext.com\/FoodBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/Fair-Entries-031-300x224.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">I&#8217;m told there are over a thousand entries in the Culinary Arts Competition alone.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ineedtext.com\/FoodBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/Fair-Entries-021.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-38573\" title=\"Fair Entries 021\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ineedtext.com\/FoodBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/Fair-Entries-021-450x337.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"337\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.ineedtext.com\/FoodBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/Fair-Entries-021-450x337.jpg 450w, http:\/\/www.ineedtext.com\/FoodBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/Fair-Entries-021-300x224.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Since there&#8217;s only one Culinary Arts show this year, the competition will be stiffer than usual.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ineedtext.com\/FoodBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/Fair-Entries-037.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-38571\" title=\"Fair Entries 037\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ineedtext.com\/FoodBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/Fair-Entries-037-450x337.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"337\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.ineedtext.com\/FoodBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/Fair-Entries-037-450x337.jpg 450w, http:\/\/www.ineedtext.com\/FoodBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/Fair-Entries-037-300x224.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">In previous years there had been two shows, which generally cut the competition in half.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ineedtext.com\/FoodBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/Fair-Entries-007.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-38575\" title=\"Fair Entries 007\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ineedtext.com\/FoodBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/Fair-Entries-007-450x337.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"337\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.ineedtext.com\/FoodBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/Fair-Entries-007-450x337.jpg 450w, http:\/\/www.ineedtext.com\/FoodBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/Fair-Entries-007-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Pictured here are my 2012 entries &#8212; An Orange Zest Cheesecake with a Milk Chocolate Ganache, Roasted Peach Scones and Grapefruit, Orange and Lemon-Lime <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ineedtext.com\/FoodBlog\/?s=fruit+gems\" target=\"_blank\">Fruit Bursts<\/a>.\u00a0 All have been submitted for judging.\u00a0 The <a href=\"http:\/\/ocfair.com\/2012\/index.asp\" target=\"_blank\">OF Fair<\/a> officially opens tomorrow with the results of all.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ineedtext.com\/FoodBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/Fair-Entries-049.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-38572\" title=\"Fair Entries 049\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ineedtext.com\/FoodBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/Fair-Entries-049-450x337.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"337\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.ineedtext.com\/FoodBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/Fair-Entries-049-450x337.jpg 450w, http:\/\/www.ineedtext.com\/FoodBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/Fair-Entries-049-300x224.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">The\u00a0entry submission lines were longer this year, but efficient &#8212;\u00a0See you at the Fair.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There are more entries than ever at the Orange County Fair this year. I&#8217;m told there are over a thousand entries in the Culinary Arts Competition alone. Since there&#8217;s only one Culinary Arts show this year, the competition will be stiffer than usual. In previous years there had been two shows, which generally cut the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3028,745,1426,1024,1,584,41],"tags":[1378,590,2248,4740,4867,3565,617,574,3043,3047],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>A Stiffer Culinary Arts Competition At The Orange County Fair This Year. - Nibbles of Tidbits, a Food Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ineedtext.com\/FoodBlog\/a-stiffer-culinary-arts-competition-at-the-orange-county-fair-this-year\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"FoodBlog\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ineedtext.com\/FoodBlog\/a-stiffer-culinary-arts-competition-at-the-orange-county-fair-this-year\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.ineedtext.com\/FoodBlog\/a-stiffer-culinary-arts-competition-at-the-orange-county-fair-this-year\/\",\"name\":\"A Stiffer Culinary Arts Competition At The Orange County Fair This Year. - Nibbles of Tidbits, a Food Blog\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"http:\/\/www.ineedtext.com\/FoodBlog\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2012-07-12T22:39:30+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2012-07-12T22:39:30+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"http:\/\/www.ineedtext.com\/FoodBlog\/#\/schema\/person\/d13703add5ff9ca85c0ddc52a749afd2\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ineedtext.com\/FoodBlog\/a-stiffer-culinary-arts-competition-at-the-orange-county-fair-this-year\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.ineedtext.com\/FoodBlog\/a-stiffer-culinary-arts-competition-at-the-orange-county-fair-this-year\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ineedtext.com\/FoodBlog\/a-stiffer-culinary-arts-competition-at-the-orange-county-fair-this-year\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"http:\/\/www.ineedtext.com\/FoodBlog\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"A Stiffer Culinary Arts Competition At The Orange County Fair This Year.\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"http:\/\/www.ineedtext.com\/FoodBlog\/#website\",\"url\":\"http:\/\/www.ineedtext.com\/FoodBlog\/\",\"name\":\"Nibbles of Tidbits, a Food Blog\",\"description\":\"The GOOD, the BAD &amp; 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