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‘He’s a Fucking Kid’: Cops Caught on Video Beating Teen at State Fair
“They could have just bear-hugged him and got handcuffs on him,” the teen’s grandmother said. “I don’t know why they slammed him to the ground.”
Easy Corn Dogs and Homemade Mustard Recipe
The quintessential state fair snack is revitalized with a crispy buttermilk-cornmeal batter and a tangy homemade mustard.
Fear and Loathing at One of America's Oldest Agricultural Fairs
Agricultural fairs once allowed farmers to engage in the fruitful exchange of information and innovation. Now they're just an excuse to gorge on fried dough and overpay for worthless crap.
Meet 'Fried Jesus,' the State Fair Food Genius Who Invented Deep-Fried Butter
Noticed how the food at your local carnival has recently gotten more inventive and delicious in the past few years? You can thank concessionaire chef Abel Gonzalez Jr.
The History of Butter Sculpture Is Strange, Indeed
The bizarre state fair tradition of butter sculpture began nearly 150 years ago with an Arkansas farm woman who dreamed of becoming a legit artist, carving neoclassical tableaux in cow fat. And yet all we have now is butter busts of 1991-era John...
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The Blobby Boys just want to pick up chicks at the fair, but no one wants to ride Ferris wheels with a slime monster.
Deep-Fried America on a Stick
For 11 days in August, a total of 1,012,552 visitors passed through the turnstiles at State Fair Park in West Allis, a suburb of Milwaukee. They came for deep-fried cookie-dough fondue on a stick, deep-fried peanut butter and jelly on a stick, deep...