Most people know that when it comes to frying things, state fairs are like international waters – they fall under no jurisdiction that can tell them what they can or can’t fry. Freed of such statutes ...

The 10-day fair features livestock shows, a rodeo, a carnival midway with games and rides, photo and car shows and a beer garden with live music from acts like Wayne Toups and ZydeCajun, the High ...

Ribs and pancakes: it’s a combination I would trust few restaurants with, but Miller’s Smokehouse is one of them. In Belton, an hour north of Austin, the joint’s barbecue-stuffed buns, tortillas, and ...

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 ...

Among the thrill rides and carnival games, fair food has become its own sort of spectacle. Defying decency and sometimes physics, this corner of the culinary universe always asks the big question: If ...