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September 28, 2011
BW's Fried Ribs and Fried Banana Pudding, Meet Face
Debbie Hays, from BW's Famous Fried Ribs at the State Fair of Texas, tells me she's been serving up fried ribs at the fair for 24 years. Twenty-four freaking years? How the dong have I never had these things? Hays says, "Seriously, how have you not tried them? They're not chicken-fried. They're seas ... More >>
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September 22, 2011
Fried Brownies at the State (Fried) Fair of Texas -- I'm in Heaven
Denise GarzaFried brownies will make you fried happy.This year, Denise Garza (with her sister Norma and her niece Roxanne) made it to the second round of the Big Tex Choice Awards with Heavenly Deep-Fried Brownies. While the concept of frying a brownie isn't completely new to this fair (las ... More >>
Blogs
September 20, 2011
Fry Master Abel Gonzales Jr. Teaches Us How to Make Fried Cookie Dough
DIY fried cookie dough. Oh snap.Last week, my friend told me about a batch of cookies she made with Oreo cookies crumbled inside them. "It's a cookie in a cookie!" Pretty impressive. But what would obviously be more impressive? We had to fry it. (begin Ghostbusters parody) "Who you gonna ca ... More >>
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September 1, 2011
The Walking Taco: It's Not Fried. There's No Taco Involved. And It's Not Fried.
Andy SalinasTurns out, Andy Salinas' Walking Taco is really a taco salad in a Doritos bag.Andy Salinas made it into the Big Tex Choice Awards as a finalist with his Walking Taco. He says, "It's a taco that you can walk around the fair and eat." I'm confused. I've never met a taco that wasn't al ... More >>
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September 29, 2010
Presenting: The Deep Fried, Liquid Nitrogen
Dr Pepper Cake
All photos by Danny FulgencioJudge Abel GonzalesYou may need to sit down. Take a breather. The State Fair is beyond space-epic, at this point. You've eaten a good chunk of the fair's fried foods already, haven't you? Maybe a giant, throbbing red pickle or too? (Maybe you're throbbing too). If you ... More >>
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September 16, 2010
The 2010 Big Tex Choice Awards Fries Up A New Batch of Artery-Clogging Eats, Beckoning State Fair-goers To Come And Get Their Grease On.
All photos by Danny FulgencioJudge Abel GonzalesYou may need to sit down. Take a breather. The State Fair is beyond space-epic, at this point. You've eaten a good chunk of the fair's fried foods already, haven't you? Maybe a giant, throbbing red pickle or too? (Maybe you're throbbing too). If you ... More >>
Blogs
September 16, 2010
Cool Aid Pickles a Refreshing Alternative
To Fried Food at State Fair
As Dallas Observer's Cheap Bastard, Alice Laussade, so eloquently put it in this week's cover story, fried food at the State Fair of Texas might have jumped the shark, thanks to Mark Zable's fried beer. Zable's creation won this year's Big Tex Choice Awards' Most Creative prize. The annual fried- ... More >>
Blogs
September 6, 2010
Fried Beer Takes the Prize at State Fair
Photo by Hanna RaskinFried beer"You can't go wrong with chocolate!," a satisfied volunteer crowed upon exiting the Big Tex Choice Awards. Except, it seems, at the State Fair of Texas, where savory resoundingly trumped sweet at this morning's awards ceremony. Fried beer claimed the "most crea ... More >>
Blogs
August 27, 2010
State Fair of Texas: Favorite Food of Fairs Past
A fried PB&JSince Jose Ralat Maldonado announced on this blog the finalists for this years Big Tex Choice Awards for Best Fried Foods at this year's upcoming festival, it brought back memories of fairs past and all the folderol created last year by Abel Gonzales' award-winning Fried Butter - ... More >>
Blogs
July 21, 2010
Rachel Ray About to Get Fried by Abel Gonzales Jr.
The Friar of Fried, Abel Gonzales Jr., might have already gone national with coverage of his blessed artery-clogging concoctions at the State Fair of Texas, but he's about to steal the hearts of housewives everywhere with an appearance on the Rachael Ray Show. On July 28, four-time winner of a ... More >>
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December 29, 2009
Our Deep-Fried Decade: Ten Years Of Gluttony And Progress At The State Fair
Photos by Patrick MichelsAfter 10 years, this is where we ended up: four deep-fried butter balls topped with garlic and grape sauce. How did we get to the point where we'd actually eat this?In the early 2000s, we came to the State Fair of Texas with a doe-eyed, innocent kind of hunger. We'd get a ... More >>

Blogs

BW's Fried Ribs and Fried Banana Pudding, Meet Face

Blogs

Fried Brownies at the State (Fried) Fair of Texas -- I'm in Heaven

Blogs

Fry Master Abel Gonzales Jr. Teaches Us How to Make Fried Cookie Dough

Blogs

The Walking Taco: It's Not Fried. There's No Taco Involved. And It's Not Fried.

Blogs

Presenting: The Deep Fried, Liquid Nitrogen
Dr Pepper Cake

News

The 2010 Big Tex Choice Awards Fries Up A New Batch of Artery-Clogging Eats, Beckoning State Fair-goers To Come And Get Their Grease On.

Blogs

Cool Aid Pickles a Refreshing Alternative
To Fried Food at State Fair

Blogs

Fried Beer Takes the Prize at State Fair

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State Fair of Texas: Favorite Food of Fairs Past

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Rachel Ray About to Get Fried by Abel Gonzales Jr.

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Our Deep-Fried Decade: Ten Years Of Gluttony And Progress At The State Fair

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