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A good bowl of chicken and dumplings can be hard to find. Flat, doughy, chewy, tough chances are everyone has had his share of the dumpling wannabes currently being dished up at restaurants and diners across America But those days are nearly over, thanks to the World s Greatest Down-Home Dumplin Cook-Off. More than 120 readers of Tennessee Home & Farm magazine claim to have found the secret to perfectly formed and seasoned dumplings, whether it s ice water, homemade broth or a good, fat hen. Inside, you ll find the grand-prize-winning recipe of Bea Farmer of Brush Creek, Tenn., as well as the award-winning recipes of four finalists and five honorable mentions. But you ll also find much more Down-Home Dumplings is a true collection of Americana, a past retold through more than 70 recipes and the colorful stories of their origins. With choices like Chicken and Flumkums and Lip-Lickin Dumplings, you re bound to find a favorite. There is even a recipe for squirrel dumplings if you re fresh out of fat hens.