BANGOR – Eastern Maine Community College holds an annual contest for those who love books and cooking. Books2Eat is the offbeat combination of both with a challenge for professional chefs and home cooks to re-create a favorite book in edible form.

The one-of-a-kind celebration of reading organized by Eastern Maine Community College’s Friends of the Library is open to the entire community – from elementary students to chefs – to exercise their culinary imagination by preparing a totally edible creation based on the title of a favorite book.

This will be year seven for Books2Eat at Eastern Maine Community College.

Categories of entry include students under age 12, students over age 12, professional chefs and everyone else – in addition to a special Stephen King title category open to everyone.

Books2Eat will take place 4-6 p.m. Wednesday, April 9, in EMCC’s Rangeley Hall. For information or an entry form, visit www.emcc.edu, under “Calendar Events,” or call Karen Reilly at 974-4606.