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20 Best Foods at the State Fair of Louisiana

This is it. The last stop in our quest to chronicle this year's top fair foods. We headed to Shreveport, Louisiana, for the 102nd State Fair of Louisiana. Until November 13th (note: the fair is closed on Mondays and Tuesdays), some 450,000 people will come out to enjoy the zoo, the circus, the midway and of course a whole lot of food. What's hot at the fair? The hot stuff. That is, the spicy regional items; from crawfish and crabmeat boudin to habanero peanut brittle.

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8 Comments | Posted by Kat Robinson, October 31, 2011 at 10:00 AM
Tagged: boudin, cookie dough, crawfish, iced tea, Louisiana, Louisiana State Fair, pork chop, Rocky Mountain Oysters, rum beverages, Shreveport, State Fair of Louisiana, stuffed peppers

George Duran's Trial By Fryer

There's a theory to which many people I know subscribe which basically says that any delicious food can only get better if you coat it in a tasty batter and then deep-fry it. Well, FHM got Food Network host George Duran to try it out by submitting five classic comfort foods to Trial By Fryer: White Castle sliders, microwave pizza, hard-boiled eggs, gummi worms and chocolate chip cookie dough. Four out of the five did well, but you might be surprised which food came out tops and which one was a let down. I know I was!...

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Post a Comment | Posted by Lia Bulaong, March 23, 2007 at 9:56 AM
Tagged: awesome, chocolate chips, cookie dough, deep-frying, eggs, George Duran, gummi worms, pizza, White Castle