From mutton busting and Ferris wheels to rodeo shows and fireworks, the time-honored tradition of the American state fair showcases the very best of Yankee ingenuity and eccentricity — and nowhere is ...

Amateur chef Mark Zable from Texas has a new culinary invention: fried beer. Zable tells Steve Inskeep this is the first time anyone has successfully deep fried a liquid. He'll debut his fried beer at ...

When we weren't looking, the Texas State Fair invented Deep-Fried Beer. I'll just let that sink in for a second. Wisconsin should feel the greatest shame, of course; America looks to the People of the ...

Fried beer has started its march to the sea, with the much-publicized snack scheduled for a second outing at Savannah’s 27th annual Oktoberfest this weekend. “Believe it or not, fried beer will be ...

Walking through the food area of every state fair is an adventure — the smell of fryer oils and sugar quickly bombards the senses, even if it’s sometimes unclear what’s underneath that mysterious ...

Even teetotalers have heard about fried beer. But do you know about fried beer batter? While Big Tex competition finalists get most of the glory, there are more than two-dozen new food items being ...

Fish gonna swim, birds gonna fly, haters gonna hate, and state fairs gonna fry. Were truer (or more poetic) words ever spoken? Yeah, probably, but that's about as deep as we like to get around here -- ...