Food festivals are part of America's agricultural roots—local communities coming together to celebrate their local cash crop, often at the end of the harvest season. If you're looking for some good old-fashioned nutty fun this fall, check out these nut-celebrating festivals.
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"Slaw dogs can be found all over West Virginia, in dedicated hot dog joints, drive-ins, bars, delis, and old-fashioned dairy bars." Past Weeks' Dogs Puka DogThe Philly ComboTijuana DogsTexas WeinersFlo's Hot Dogs, Cape Neddick, Maine Two weeks ago I had my first real Slaw Dog at Martie's in Keyser, West Virginia. I wasn't expecting much from a hot dog joint on a half abandoned strip of shops in the middle of nowhere. But walking into the colorful diner-style counter decorated with old deli signs and hundreds of bottles of hot sauce, complete with a chest of ice cold beer and a smoke-filled video poker parlor in the back, I knew I had come to the right place. My hot dog...
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