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What It’s Like to Judge the Food Competition at the State Fair of Texas
Digital subscribers can listen to this article. Subscribe today for unlimited access to Texas Monthly. Already a subscriber? Log in. I find the food at the State Fair of Texas fascinating. It is a celebration of both creativity and excess, and every year when the Big Tex Choice Awards finalists are announced, my mind immediately tries to make sense of these creations: How would these tributes to the glory of sugar and the art of frying appear to someone from a hundred years ago? What feelings would they conjure in someone living through a darker future? Some people hear a title like “Cotton Candy Bacon on a Stick” (2024) and it sparks joy; for whatever reason, when I hear something like that, I think about how…The post What It’s Like to Judge the Food Competition at the State Fair of Texas appeared first on Texas Monthly.