Oh, good, it’s state fair fried food season. A new contender for the craziest fried thing: the Iowa State Fair’s fried butter on a stick. Fried butter itself is nothing new — it debuted at the State ...

There are a lot of things associated with being distinctly American, like apple pie, baseball, and the seemingly irresistible urge to see what we can toss into the deep fryer. State fairs are displays ...

It’s the next-to-last night of the North Carolina State Fair, and my friends and I are stalking the fairgrounds in search of deep-fried butter. Everyone we’ve talked with claims that it’s here, but no ...

The result was deep-fried butter, which debuted in 2009. His extravagant invention was a slightly crispy, strangely bready bite, filled with all the gooey sweetness you might expect. Honey and ...