It's time to whip up something yummy for the 28th annual Times News Cookbook and Recipe Contest.

There are six categories this year: Breakfast, Appetizers, Dips and Spreads, Soups and Stews, Main Dishes and Sides, and Dessert.One winner will be chosen in each category. Those six winners will be required to bring a sampling of their winning dish to the Times News office in Mahoning Township, where our panel of judges will determine this year's grand prize winner.Each category winner will be featured in the annual cookbook with a photo and short biography, as well as a photo of their winning dish.This year's cookbook will be published on Nov. 5.The deadline to submit your original recipe is 11:59 p.m. Oct. 4. All winners will be notified by Oct. 8.Mail recipes to: Times News, P.O. Box 239, Lehighton, PA 18235; Attention Donna Hall; or email recipes to:

dhall@tnonline.com.Contest rules1. Written entries will be judged for completeness, clarity of recipe and originality. In case of duplicate recipe entries, the one with the earliest postmark will be entered.2. The same recipe may not be entered in more than one category. Categories must be clearly marked on each entry.3. Recipes must be created or modified by the contestant or a member of the contestant's family. Recipes previously published in a copyrighted publication are not eligible.4. Only one entry per category will qualify as a winner and only one winner per household.5. Professional food preparers and/or purveyors are not eligible to enter. Pencor and Times News employees and family members are not eligible to win prizes. Advertisers who submit recipes in the name of their business are not eligible for prizes.6. All recipes become the property of the Times News, which reserves the right to publish the entry along with the entrant's identity for prizes.7. Winners will be notified by phone and all prizes are final. No exchanges or refunds will be made.8. No purchase is necessary.9. To enter, each recipe should be neatly printed or typed on an 8 1/2-inch by 11-inch sheet of paper, and must include (on the same paper) the contestant's name, mailing address and telephone number, as well as the name of the recipe and the category.Recipes should include the ingredients, listed in order of use, and the instructions should be clear and written in complete sentence form.10. Every entrant will receive a Times News gift.