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Food Festivals

Fairchild the Gopher welcomes visitors to the Minnesota State Fair in St. Paul, Minnesota. A hundred miles to the southeast in Viola, Minnesota, a lesser-known festival, the Gopher Count, happens every June.

11 Hyper-Local, Unique Summer Activities From Around the World

From trying a pawpaw fruit to attending Minnesota’s gopher count.

Sarah Durn June 2, 2023

Podcast: Looking for Pawpaws

Join us for a daily celebration of the world’s most wondrous, unexpected, even strange places.

The Podcast Team November 25, 2021

In Southern New Jersey, a curious tradition faces an uncertain future.

How South Jersey Keeps Muskrat on the Menu

An 80-year-old tradition brings a small town together to deep fry their mascot.

Luke Fater March 13, 2020

A scene from the 11th annual oyster festival.

In a Town That Escaped Slavery, an Oyster Festival Celebrates Black Culture and Resistance

The shells may have once pointed the way to freedom.

Tarisai Ngangura December 12, 2019

Racing a Giant Pumpkin Boat in Goffstown’s Regatta

Stromberg Plum

This protected German fruit has its own representative queen.

A full yam house is a sign of prestige and power.

The Elaborate Yam Houses of the Trobriand Islands

Years of drought have left them tragically empty.

Abbey Perreault June 17, 2019

Beaver Dam Pepper

A pepper so good, Hungarian immigrants carried it with them when they came to Wisconsin.

Ridgeway Cantaloupe

This rare, distinguished North Carolina melon once fed presidents and kings.

What It's Like to Compete in a Grits Rolling Contest

A worker picks roses as butterflies dance over the fields.

Every Spring, an Idyllic Iranian Town Turns Fields of Roses Into Rose Water

By distilling their harvest of pink roses, locals make a fragrant ingredient.

Shervin Abdolhamidi May 29, 2019

A cross-section view of a bunya pine. They are very large!

After Decades of Being Ignored, a Nut From 20-Pound Pine Cones Is Back on Australian Menus

Aboriginal groups once traveled long distances to celebrate its harvest.

Laura Kiniry May 24, 2019

Just chillin' on a camel, sharing a shake, at the 1958 Indio date festival.

Before the Music Festival, Coachella Valley Promoted Itself With an Arabian Fantasy

Celebrating the local date industry involved a Queen Scheherazade beauty pageant, vendors in veils, and a Taj Mahal.

Rohini Chaki April 16, 2019

Filderkraut Fest

Germans turn up for a rare, pointed cabbage.

Luling Watermelon Water Tower

A fruit-loving town welcomes visitors with a giant melon set against the sky.

"The Tails of Two Kitties" was an award-winning entry at UC Berkeley's 2019 Edible Books Festival.

Edible Book Festivals Are for Pun and Food Lovers

It's been widely celebrated for almost 20 years.

Anne Ewbank March 20, 2019

Ohio Pawpaw Festival

This celebration of the largest edible fruit native to the United States features plenty of “pawpawpular” foods.

Skewered gohei mochi.

Hebo Matsuri

Every November, wasp-based dishes create quite a buzz in a Japanese village.