An Ode to Cotton Candy Cotton candy and carnivals – you can’t really have one without the other! Cotton candy is a staple of the concession stand culture I love so much. I bought my daughter her first cotton candy at a Disney on Ice performance. We shared it and it was a special moment, [...]
Concession Obsession May is National Hamburger Month – the perfect time to feature what is, in my opinion, one of the best foods to buy from a concession stand! According to whatscookingamerica.net, the hamburger patty dates back to the time of Genghis Khan. Apparently ground meat that could be eaten with one hand was the [...]
Honky if You’re Corny Well I might as well get this over with! I am in fact NOT a fan of corn dogs- odd, because I love hot dogs and I love corn… Something about the sweetness of the batter and the wiener-y flavor of the dog just doesn’t work for me. However, I can [...]
On Easter weekend I came across something I haven’t seen since I was a kid: a carnival set up in the parking lot of a shopping mall. Maybe I just haven’t been spending much time in suburbia, but this was such a fun surprise! We pulled in just as they opened and we didn’t have [...]
Happy St. Patrick’s Day! St. Patrick’s Day Parades Today while I was researching St Patrick’s Day celebrations (and the street food that goes along with it), I discovered a fantastic site called newyorkstreetfood.com. You can bet that I will be browsing around this site a lot, dreaming about ordering from colorful concession trucks, wishing I [...]
Concession Obsession The second part in a continuing feature on my favorite concession food: foods you can buy from concession trailers, carts, or counters. I can’t walk by a street vendor or mobile kitchen, without buying a snack. <<previous Concession Obsession: History of the Hot Dog Cart Funnel Cake Photo: fantes.com Funnel cakes are made [...]
