SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- For decades, people have been visiting the Illinois State Fair and thinking wistfully about a gaping hole in the culinary offerings. "I can buy a candy bar and I can buy ...

Many people tend to associate deep-fried food with American culture. Take state fairs, for example, what would they be without deep-fried Twinkies, or a greasy funnel cake doused in powdered sugar?

In the early 2000s, we came to the State Fair of Texas with a doe-eyed, innocent kind of hunger. We’d get a corn dog, maybe a funnel cake or a fried candy bar. Ten years later, we emerged with bellies ...

The State Fair of Texas announced its 10 food and drink finalists, which will be sold Sept. 27, 2024, through Oct. 20, 2024, in Dallas' Fair Park. Isaac Rousso's Cotton Candy Bacon on a Stick is sweet ...

INDIANAPOLIS – Without a doubt, visitors will be eating good at the Indiana State Fair. Get ready for 40 mouthwatering food and drink options for this year’s “Taste of the Fair.” New selections run ...

Twinkies are good. Twinkies drizzled with chocolate sauce and piped with whipped cream are better. Now take that same Twinkie and dunk it in 350-degree fryer oil for a few seconds, and what you have ...

UNC Bucket List is a feature highlighting the 100 things students should attempt before they graduate. Check out the full bucket list and all previous Bucket List posts here. When I first envisioned a ...

Try to imagine, if you dare, a hot dog stuffed inside a dill pickle, covered in panko and deep fried, with a drizzle of peanut butter. Other trends seem to include breaded bologna fries, pickles in ...

The State Fair of Texas’s 2024 menu of food and drink finalists in Dallas is a bonafide, deep-fried riptide of 10 items that’ve never been tried. The State Fair calls them the Big Tex Choice Awards ...

Try to imagine, if you dare, a hot dog stuffed inside a dill pickle, covered in panko and deep fried, with a drizzle of peanut butter. That and many other culinary curiosities will be on the menu for ...