Fair foods like candy apples, cotton candy, and shaved ice all seem like magical unicorns–materializing out of thin air and only found in special places, like the 20-year-old, threadbare tent at the ...

There are probably events now opening up in which I could find a decent purveyor of fried dough before Labor Day if I tried. But, really, I’m not yet up for the threat of crowds. I’d rather bring the ...