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City Of Ate’s State Fair Hierarchy of Needs

The State Fair of Texas happens but once a year. It's the largest state fair in the country. And that means there are a million bazillion food options to choose from when you get there. Let us all appreciate the seriousness of making the most of this most-glorious of food...
By Alice LaussadeAugust 31, 2011
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The State Fair of Texas happens but once a year. It’s the largest state fair in the country. And that means there are a million bazillion food options to choose from when you get there. Let us all appreciate the seriousness of making the most of this most-glorious of food events.

To help focus your food journey, City of Ate offers this, our State Fair of Texas Hierarchy of Needs.

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Alice Laussade writes about food, kids, music, and anything else she finds to be completely ridiculous. She created and hosts the Dallas event, Meat Fight, which is a barbecue competition and fundraiser that benefits the National MS Society. Last year, the event raised $100,000 for people living with MS, and 750 people could be seen shoving sausage links into their faces. And one time, she won a James Beard Award for Humor in Writing. That was pretty cool.

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