State fairs have transformed from educational affairs, teaching people about livestock and agriculture, to a much broader experience, which now encompasses rides, games, and especially fair food. This ...

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 ...

What’s a diaper derby, a seven-foot pig with tusks, and a wolf T-shirt on every fifth person got to do with fast food? Everything — when you’re at the Arizona State Fair. ‘Cause when you’re surrounded ...

The Papa Loca at Lerma's Gorditas, a baked potato loaded with cheese, meats and sour cream. A spiral-cut potato, which is exactly what you picture it to be, served on a stick. Fletcher's corny dogs, a ...