When we weren't looking, the Texas State Fair invented Deep-Fried Beer. I'll just let that sink in for a second. Wisconsin should feel the greatest shame, of course; America looks to the People of the ...

Fish gonna swim, birds gonna fly, haters gonna hate, and state fairs gonna fry. Were truer (or more poetic) words ever spoken? Yeah, probably, but that's about as deep as we like to get around here -- ...

The State Fair of Texas’ strangest foods, like Deep Fried Butter, Fried Bubblegum and Fried Beer, might seem like age-old traditions at Dallas’ most colossal carnival. They’re not. The State Fair of ...

You remember Mark Zable from last year’s State Fair of Texas Big Tex Choice Awards: He’s the one who won last year’s Most Creative title for inventing that little thing called fried beer. It wasn’t my ...

Even teetotalers have heard about fried beer. But do you know about fried beer batter? While Big Tex competition finalists get most of the glory, there are more than two-dozen new food items being ...

Edible trends shake up San Francisco like a 7.0 on the Richter scale (pork belly, roasted marrow, and of course, figs on a plate). But offer a Texan a Little Gem salad and he won't give a frying fig.

This story has been updated with photos of the 2025 finalists and prices of each dish. State Fair of Texas representatives hope Dallasites are thirsty for a change at the 2025 Big Tex Choice Awards, ...

Join the folks at Taste of Tops in Tempe tonight for the unveiling of their September Art Exhibit featuring local artist Dumperfoo. Not only can you check out the art work, they are also having a ...

State Fair of Texas concessionaire Abel Gonzales drizzles honey over Deep Fried Butter, the 2009 winner of "most creative" at the Big Tex Choice Awards. Gonzales still makes it today, and it's an ...