Asian culture has made waves in the U.S. lately. It’s no secret that Korean star PSY’s Gangnam Style music video has not only gone viral, but is the most “liked” video in YouTube history. It’s hard to go anywhere without hearing the catchy tune nowadays. Riding off this culture phenomenon, Japanese, Chinese and Korean traditions…
Fair Food Friday: A Deep-Fried Finale
No Fair season would be complete without a blog post dedicated to all things deep-fried! You won’t find this much food craziness anywhere outside the Fair and certainly not in any restaurants. It’s no secret that Chicken Charlie is the King of all things deep-fried. He has it down to an art form AND a…
The most delicious food competition yet
Today’s food competition was all about the chocolate: Chocolate chip cookies and brownies, that is. Walking into Culinary Styles is like a waft of heaven with the warm, inviting scents of freshly baked cookies and rich, chocolaty brownies drifting towards your nose. I have to say, I envy the judges of their job yesterday! In…
Om Nom Nom… Food competitions continue at the Fair
One aspect I love about the Fair are the many opportunities culinary artists have to display their talents. Whether its grilled cheese, chocolate goodies, hummus or BBQ, there are multiple categories to enter in. It’s a very tangible (and tasty!) way to see the imaginations of some of our guests. This past weekend was chock…
Fair Food Friday : Heat Wave
Most days at the Fair we like to switch things up… check out the latest from the creative minds at America’s Kids or hang out with the brilliance emanating from Genius or maybe even taking a stroll through the Garden Railroad. But on Fridays we are always, without fail, all. about. the food. It’s called…
Ghirardelli, Ghirardelli, Golly What A Day!
Scrumptious, chocolately goodness graced the tables of Culinary Styles on Sunday as 35 contestants laid their best baked goods out for the annual Ghirardelli chocolate contest. The rules were simple: make a confection using Ghirardelli chocolate! The result was a decadent mish-mash of cookies, cakes, cupcakes, chocolate cocktails, cheesecake and even scones. First prize when…
Fair Food Friday: Berries and chocolate and caramel, oh my
There’s something about the food each year that truly completes the Fair experience. It’s adventure and nostalgia all rolled into one. We decided it would be fun to bring back last year’s Fair Food Fridays and highlight some of our favorite treats each week! I enjoy a deep-fried anything as much as the next Fairgoer but…
Fair Fun Fanatics
Do you have 90 seconds? Check out this fun video highlighting all there is to do at the Fair crunched into a 90-second whirlwind adventure!
Grilled Cheese Contest
Italian Pesto and Sausage, First Place The first annual Grilled Cheese Competition marks the first live contest here at the Fair in over two years. It is just the beginning of many fun cook-offs and contests going on at Culinary Styles. Guests gathered around as six grilled cheese gurus sliced, diced, flipped and sizzled their…
Opening Day Recap
Whew! It’s hard to believe Opening Weekend is almost over… It’s been exciting and tons of fun! In case you weren’t able to make it out, we put together a brief video of some of the highlights. Check it out: Song: Glad You Came – The Wanted
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