Bakers and cooks of all ages are invited! Bring your favorite corn dish to the library for a friendly competition. Breads, muffins, puddings, cakes, salads, chowders, fritters, bars, tortillas, salsas ...  all corn-containing creations are welcome! 

Win prizes and celebrate the fabulous corn harvesting season. 

This is a Salisbury READS Revolution Song event. While the judges are making their deliberations, we'll hear a bit of corn history and talk about corn's role in the revolutionary era and about Cornplanter, one of the six main historical figures in Revolution Song. Click this link to learn more about Salisbury READS Revolution Song.

Candied, baked, fried, steamed, grilled, or ground, corn gives color, sustenance, and naturally sweet flavor to our lives.

Wow the judges with your corn recipe and win awards for great taste, top visual appeal, cleverness with vegan/GF/dairy-free and other ingredient restrictions, and special Judges' Choice Awards for all kinds of culinary and creative talent!

Drop-off hours are noon to 3:20 PM. Please bring your dish to the main floor circulation desk.

Judging begins at 3:30 PM.

Celebrate this year's bounteous corn crop and our own local growers by making something delicious!

Registration is encouraged but not required. 

If you can't drop off during drop-off hours, write to scovilleadultprograms@biblio.org to arrange an alternative drop-off time.

Who was Cornplanter?

A Seneca leader, warrior, and diplomat, his Seneca name was  Gaiänt'wakê (Gyantwachia – "the planter") or Kaiiontwa'kon (Kaintwakon – "By What One Plants"), which was translated as Cornplanter in English. The son of a Seneca woman, Gah-hon-no-neh ("She Who Goes to the River"), and a Dutch trader, Johannes "John" Abeel II (a distant relative of a current Salisbury resident), he became a Seneca leader and was an advocate for peace and neutrality. He went on to fight -- as determined by the Seneca leadership -- on the British side in the Revolutionary War and later to represent his people in peace negotiations. Cornplanter is one of six historical figures in the book Revolution Song by Russell Shorto. 

Join us in reading and discussing Revolution Song, and come participate in a variety of related events during the second annual Salisbury READS, October 2025 through March 2026.

This year’s READ is presented in partnership with the Salisbury Association, the Salisbury Forum, the Scoville Memorial Library, and the Troutbeck Symposium.