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Food Festivals

San Biagio Platani, Italy

Arches of Bread Festival

Every Easter, a small Sicilian town builds a stunning cathedral out of bread.

Saint George, South Carolina

Rolling in the Grits

The South Carolina competition challenges you to trap as much grits on your body as possible.

The fishermen are ready with their nets as sardines leap toward the fire.

At Sea on Taiwan's Last Fire-Fishing Boats

Generations of nocturnal fishermen have lured their catch with fire.

Leslie Nguyen-Okwu July 31, 2018

A fire-fishing boat lures sardines to the surface off the coast of Taiwan.

Jinshan Sulphuric Fire Fishing Festival

See Taiwan's dying art of fishing with fire.

Morteruelo

This Spanish pâté was so inspiring, someone wrote a poem about it.

Wrestling at the Potato Days festival in Barnesville, Minnesota.

Mashed Potato Wrestling

These spud showdowns are highly-anticipated events at tuber-focused festivals in the United States.

King Kong

The town of Lambayeque, Peru, specializes in a seven-layered sweet named for Hollywood's towering ape.

Watermelon Skiing

Ever wanted to slide down a slippery tarp while wearing watermelons?

An entry for "Lick the Plate Clean" venison.

Roadkill Cook-Off

West Virginia's annual competition features the likes of squirrel gravy over biscuits and snapping turtle stew.

Spam Jam

Chocolate-covered mystery meat and dancing cans abound.

Tiny radish people dancing

Night of the Radishes

At this Oaxaca contest, artists turn purple produce into stunning depictions of saints, buildings, and La Pietà.

Almojábano

The most venerated cheese curl in the world.

Coco de Mer

A delicious fruit with a suggestively-shaped seed.

Pinhão

As Brazil's forests of Araucaria angustifolia dwindle, so do the harvests of their delicious seeds.

Mangalica

These woolly pigs produce the “Kobe beef of pork.”

The bread arches at night.

Every Easter, a Sicilian Town Builds a Cathedral Out of Bread

It's a competitive team sport.

Vittoria Traverso March 30, 2018

Real mortadella Bologna often contains pistachios.

Mortadella

Baloney's predecessor is sweet, delicately spiced, and bigger than your head.

The Slopper

It's part cheeseburger, part enchilada, and smothered in a Pueblo, Colorado, specialty.