Pictures: Connecticut Historical Society Cook-Off

Jonathan Henninger, Special to the Courant

Judges sampled community treats in various categories at the Community Cook-Off held at the Connecticut Historical Society on Friday, April 5, 2013. Monkey Bread was judged in the category of "Grandma's Kitchen (Recipes off the Family Tree)"

Jonathan Henninger, Special to the Courant

Barbara Gubbins, an Avon resident, talks with a friend while Kara Sundlun samples her "Aunt Barbara's Bad Day Brownies, which are, "...made with a lot of wine" according to Gubbins. Judges sampled community treats in various categories at the Community Cook Off held at the Connecticut Historical Society on Friday, April 5, 2013.

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Judge Maryellen Fillo talks about which treat she decided won the big prize at the Community Cook Off held at the Connecticut Historical Society on Friday, April 5, 2013.

Jonathan Henninger, Special to the Courant

Judge Krystian von Speidel samples a Tomato Aspic created by Kat Lyons in the category " I didn't know you could do that with Jello community treats at the Community Cook Off held at the Connecticut Historical Society on Friday, April 5, 2013.

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Judge Chion Wolf picked this Bazaar Chicken Pie as the winner of the "What's in that Casserole Anyway" baked by Mary-Beth Greaney at the Community Cook Off held at the Connecticut Historical Society on Friday, April 5, 2013.

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Judge Krystian von Speidel hands another judge, Kara Sundlun, a fork before the sampling begins from four categories, also Chion Wolf, Caitlin Croswell and Maryellen Fillo judged at the Community Cook Off held at the Connecticut Historical Society on Friday, April 5, 2013.

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Connecticut Historical Society Cook-Off.

Jonathan Henninger, Special to the Courant

Connecticut Historical Society Cook-Off.

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Ben Gammell, coordinator of interpretive projects, guides a tour of an exhibit called Cooking by the Book, from Amilia Simmons to Martha Stewart just before the Community Cook Off held at the Connecticut Historical Society on Friday, April 5, 2013.

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Judge Maryellen Fillo crowns Kat Lyons for her winning entry of tomato aspic at the Connecticut Historical Society on Friday, April 5, 2013.

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Judge Kara Sundlun smiles for a photo while Krystian von Speidel samples food at the Community Cook Off held at the Connecticut Historical Society on Friday, April 5, 2013.

Jonathan Henninger, Special to the Courant

Judge Krystian von Speidel samples an item from the category, "I didn't know you could do that with Jello" at the Connecticut Historical Society on Friday, April 5, 2013.

Jonathan Henninger, Special to the Courant

All the judges, finalists, and organizers posed for a photo at the end of the night at the Community Cook Off held at the Connecticut Historical Society on Friday, April 5, 2013.

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Judge Krystian von Speidel and finalist and later winner Kat Lyons pose with organizer Jenny Steadman at the Connecticut Historical Society which hoisted the Community Cook Off on Friday, April 5, 2013.

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Organizer Ed Main and finalist Marybeth Greaney pose with judge Chion Wolf, who picked Greaney's bazaar chicken pie as the winner within the category of "What's in the Casserole Anyway?" at the Community Cook-Off held at the Connecticut Historical Society on Friday, April 5, 2013.

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Jenny Steadman, Ed Main, winner Kat Lyons and Hartford Courant columnist Maryellen Fillo at the Community Cook Off held at the Connecticut Historical Society on Friday, April 5, 2013.

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Carle Mowell, right, sits with her husband, center, Larry Mowell, while at the back sit Paul and Barbara Kiefer. Both couples are West Hartford residents at the Community Cook Off held at the Connecticut Historical Society on Friday, April 5, 2013.

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Judge Caitlin Croswell shares her favorite food memory at the Community Cook Off held at the Connecticut Historical Society on Friday, April 5, 2013.