Install
Please confirm you are human
This browser or connection looks automated. Press and continuously hold the control for 3 seconds to enable Google-hosted web results and, when separately allowed, AI-assisted answers.
A successful check enables 100 search requests. Interactive access does not authorize scraping, systematic collection, or reuse of search output.
News
Where do leftovers from the Minnesota State Fair go?
3+ day, 21+ hour ago (418+ words) More than 200 Minnesota State Fair food vendors are donating leftover food to Minnesota’s hunger relief network through Second Harvest Heartland and its partner food shelves. Tuesday’s donations exceeded 10,000 pounds of food, according to Second Harvest CEO Sarah Moberg, who said…...
Hmong corndogs, cheese curd lumpia: Minnesota State Fair expands menu with global fusions
1+ week, 2+ day ago (34+ words) Among this year’s new food hits at the fair are more international foods — and some that borrow from the fair’s on-a-stick and deep-fried traditions. Chefs and fair food curators say it’s an intentional expansion....
How the State Fair launched the career of a Minnesota culinary Icon
1+ week, 2+ day ago (35+ words) Beatrice Ojakangas, 92, who won blue ribbons at the fair as a teen, went on to write more than 30 cookbooks, hobnob with cooking legends, and invent one of the most famous frozen finger foods....
Inside Greater Tater's 2nd year at the Minnesota State Fair
1+ week, 3+ day ago (69+ words) Greater Tater made its debut as a food vendor at the Minnesota State Fair last year, started by two families from the east Twin Cities metro with a mission of giving people with disabilities meaningful employment opportunities. Greater Tater is…...
Family, friends remember farmer who supplied Minnesota State Fair's Corn Roast
1+ week, 4+ day ago (34+ words) For more than two decades, farmer Jerry Untiedt supplied each year’s Minnesota State Fair with hundreds of thousands of ears of fresh sweet corn for the Corn Roast stand. He passed away in July....
Can you still eat well without standing in line at the Minnesota State Fair? Yes!
1+ week, 5+ day ago (422+ words) After experiencing the lines during the record-breaking attendance of the first two days at the Minnesota State Fair, I was excited to return for an annual date night with my husband — but I was determined not to stand in any…...
The ranch beer wasn’t the worst we tried. 2026 Minnesota State Fair beverages, reviewed
2+ week, 8+ hour ago (1779+ words) As it turns out, the ranch dressing-flavored beer wasn’t the worst one we tried at the 2026 Minnesota State Fair. Our usual merry band of tasters worked our way through 65 of the 75 official new alcoholic beverages on day two of the…...
The Big Pepper at the Minnesota State Fair, family run since 1979, is demolished
2+ week, 3+ day ago (26+ words) For the first time in 48 years, the Big Pepper won’t be at the Minnesota State Fair. The family institution served stuffed peppers and fried ravioli....
Two classic food products made right here in Minnesota
1+ mon, 1+ day ago (36+ words) The MN Chamber of Commerce is spotlighting products like these for its 'Coolest Thing Made in Minnesota' contest. The MN Chamber of Commerce is spotlighting products like these for its 'Coolest Thing Made in Minnesota' contest....