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  Unused Fair Food Gets a New Purpose with Local Food Pantries

  Monday, October 21, 2019 at 4 a.m.

  The State Fair of Texas is showing some appreciation for the waste not/sustainability/be a good human movement in food. As part of the State Fair Cares initiative, the fair has asked its food and beverage vendors to donate leftover food items to local food pantries and shelters in the South...

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  It’s Time to Get Your Last Funnel Cakes at This Year’s State Fair of Texas

  Friday, October 18, 2019 at 12:07 p.m.

  It seems like yesterday we were just hearing, “Howdy, folks” for the first of the State Fair of Texas season, and we were just learning what the finalists were for this year’s top foods. But here we are at the last weekend. After the food is eaten, the rides are...

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  Here’s What the Big Tex Choice Winners at the State Fair Are Really Like

  Wednesday, October 9, 2019 at 4 a.m.

  Every year since 2005, the State Fair of Texas has awarded Big Tex Choice Awards to top new foods. For the first 12 years, they gave the title to two different new foods: the best tasting and most creative. Beginning in 2017, the state fair expanded the winners to three...

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  How To Eat at the State Fair of Texas Without Going to the State Fair of Texas

  Wednesday, October 9, 2019 at 4 a.m.

  WHAT IF I TOLD YOU you didn’t need to go to the State Fair of Texas to devour the foods from hell. Enter the gates, passing by the monolith of Big Tex, you will encounter a wagon-red doughnut. What is it? Is it cherry-flavored? Nope. Is it from the darkest deepest...

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  An Electrifying Evening at the State Fair of Texas

  Tuesday, October 1, 2019 at 10:21 p.m.

  The State Fair of Texas is an eclectic part of Dallas tradition, and guests this year were dead set on making sure everyone knows it. From those with an eye for fashion, all the way to folks with an eye for the fried, the State Fair of Texas has a little bit of something for everyone. This year was no exception, pulling out all the stops to make the fair bigger, brighter, and tastier than any year before it. All photos by Kathy Tran.

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  New Hydroponic Garden Is Sprouting at the State Fair for South Dallas’ Food Desert

  Tuesday, October 1, 2019 at 4 a.m.

  There is a bountiful surprise at the State Fair of Texas this year, tucked away in a greenhouse beyond the Star of Texas Ferris wheel and carnival games. Big Tex Urban Farms is instilling urban agriculture practices to help fill in food deserts of South Dallas. A hydroponic garden is...