Dublin Magazine, Fall 1991

Ohio Magazine, August 1979

Ohio Magazine

The Columbus Dispatch, Sunday Magazine, August 14, 1977

            “Diane Cordial, of Powell, Ohio, is an expert baker who has won a lot of blue ribbons at the Ohio State Fair.  The cover photos shows her icing a chocolate cake a she rehearses, so to speak, for the upcoming fair.  As the photo shows, she is getting plenty of help from three of her daughters.  Carolyn, 10, in red dress, and little Anne, 7, center, are getting in some licks on leftover icing, while Cathy, 12, hopes there will be enough left for her to share…”

Crisco American Pie Celebration, Grand Champion,
Convention Center, New Orleans, LA  1991

Columbus Citizen-Journal, August 29, 1969
One of the first news articles about
Diane Cordial’s baking appeared in 1969.
A portion of the article follows:

            “Mrs. Charles Cordial of Powell received a blue ribbon for her apple cobbler during Apple Day judging Thursday afternoon in the Arts & Crafts Center in the Ohio Exposition Center…The Apple contest, the first of its kind, was sponsored by Lynd Fruit Farms of Columbus and Pataskala.  The apple blue ribbon was Mrs. Cordial’s 19th ribbon for the fair. 

            A registered nurse, she finds time to do some private duty nursing in addition to looking after her three daughters, Marilyn, six, Cathy, four, Carolyn, two and her husband who manages the Big Bear Farm in Powell.  Her entries are mainly breads, cookies, pies and rolls.  For the past four years, Mrs. Cordial has been entering state fair baking contests.  Preparation begins in July. 

            I had an 18 cubic foot freezer filled with nothing but entries, she said.  A neighbor, Mrs. Calvin Cole, delivered the winning cobbler yesterday morning for the busy baker.  Entries could be baked in advance.  Her mother, Mrs. Stewart DePoy, also of Powell, watches the children. Marilyn, her oldest daughter, even helps during fair time by assisting with family meals…”