State Fair-ings

Howwww is it State Fair time again?! Time to pack in (like cattle – has anyone else ever thought this?) for butter sculptures, seed art, robot battles, impressive livestock and produce, and, duh, THE FOOD! Best-of food lists vary widely and vehemently between fair-goers, but certainly the atmosphere has something to do with it. However, if sweating it out cheek-to-jowl with over a million of your neighbors doesn’t quite sound appetizing to you, we propose an elevated alternative — bring the menu home and pair it with a custom wine flight!

It can be done. Here’s how:

1. Bribe your partner, parent, sibling, neighbor to pick up your fried favorites
2. If you’ve refrigerated your take-home haul, give it some time to come to room-temp on the counter before baking — you’ll get the best crunch:melt ratio this way
3. Get your oven prepped for resurrecting that crispy goodness by preheating to 400 degrees and placing a wire rack on top of a baking sheet
4. Fair foods with an element of moisture at their core (pups, curds, pickles) will likely take the longest to come back to life, 15-20 minutes baking, while those without (cookies, funnel cake) tend to be quicker, 8-15 minutes
5. Assemble your go-to condiments and grab a glass — it’s wine time!

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