ALLIGATOR NUGGETS
@ Bonnaroo
You might think you’re stealing a chicken finger, but look again when you snipe one of these fried delights off your friend’s plate. Alligator tastes just like chicken? There’s only one way to find out: when camping in Tennessee at a music festival.
CHICAGO DINER GYROS
@ Pitchfork Music Festival
These gyros offer up a vegan meat disguised as tasty, succulent lamb. Served with a side of sweet potato fries, this dish gives you an excuse to chat up your neighbor about your first vegan experience.
COOLHAUS
@ SXSW and Austin City Limits
Between trying on your talking shoes and Google Glass, take some time to get back to basics: cookies and ice cream. Coolhaus serves up two cookies cuddling a chilly scoop of gourmet ice cream. And the paper is edible too, because it’s SXSW.
DOUBLE GRILLED CHEESE
@ Bonnaroo
If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it, just double it. For $2, you can get not one but TWO grilled cheese stacked on top of each other. At home, at a restaurant, or in any other context this would just seem redundant. But at Bonnaroo, it’s magical.
THE GROWLER
@ Glastonbury
What’s that you see? A baguette? Maybe it’s a sandwich or a Panini. Or a baguette stuffed with French fries, cheddar cheese, bacon and covered in mayo and a mysterious sauce. If you guessed the latter, ya got it. And now you’re salivating. You’re welcome.
HOT WAFFLE
ICE CREAM SAMMY
@ Coachella
It’s what you wish you thought to invent when you were a twelve-year-old. Two waffles replace the cookies in a cookie-ice-cream-sandwich, making for a delicious and heavy dessert. Or breakfast. Or mid-morning snack. Or all the above! It’s ability to transcend meals makes it even tastier.
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FIELDTASTING
For days or even weeks at a music festival, your diet becomes whatever the fest serves in concession stands or food trucks. Here's our favorite fest fare:
CULTURE