Baking Competition
2011 Tennessee State Fair - Best of Show! Southern Coconut Creme Meringue Pie
Blue Ribbons:  Coconut Meringue, Pecan Pie, Chess Pie, Fried Peach Pies, Peanut Brittle
Red Ribbons:  Chocolate Meringue, Lemon Meringue
Runner-Up to Baker of the Year.
2011 Williamson County Fair - Best of Show!  Southern Coconut Creme Meringue Pie  
Blue ribbon winners: Fried Peach Pies, Chocolate Meringue Pie and Pecan Pie   
             Find all of these recipes in "Areeda's Southern Cooking" cookbook
2010     Tennessee State Fair:  Blue ribbons for Fried Peach Pies, Chocolate Meringue Pie, Chess Pie, Lemon Meringue Pie and Pecan Pie.  Chocolate Meringue Pie won Best of Show.  Overall, 6 pies were considered for Best of Show - 3 of those 6 were Areeda's pies!
Williamson County Fair: Blue ribbons for Lemon Meringue Pie, Southern Coconut Pie and Chess Pie
2009    Tennessee State Fair and Williamson County Fair:
Blue Ribbons for Lemon Meringue Pie, Blueberry Pie, Fried Peach Pies, Chocolate Meringue Pie, Southern Style Pecan Pie and Sour Cream Pound Cake,
with Chocolate Meringue Pie winning Best of Show.
2008    Tennessee State Fair and Williamson County Fair: Blue ribbons for Southern Style Pecan Pie, Chocolate Meringue Pie and Fried Peach Pies. Chocolate Meringue Pie won Best of Show.
2007    In my first-ever baking competition, the Tennessee State Fair, I brought home a Best of Show tie for Chocolate Meringue Pie and Fried Peach Pies. They both won the Blue Ribbon in their respective categories, then tied for Best of Show over all pie entries. According to the committee chairman, that was the first time the same person had two pies tie for Best of Show.