Five Fun Food Festivals in the US

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Jul 5, 2012 —  It’s time to break out the sweatpants, because food festival season is upon us. For some, the summer and fall means going on that awesome water and air diet to keep up that beach body. But for those of us who have nightmares at the thought of missing a meal, the seasons are a magical time where mouth-watering food vendors miraculously congregate in one place for thousands of hungry citizens to experience.

Some of these festivals are celebrations of the cultural heritage of their neighborhoods. Others focus on locally grown fresh foods and dishes. And then there are the massive multi-day feasts that attract millions with enough deliciously unhealthy offerings to fuel America’s obesity epidemic for the next decade.

Whether you’re looking for fried, stuffed, glazed, local, street, greasy, healthy, land, or sea food, these five incredible festivals in the US are guaranteed to have you embracing your gluttony.