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Gallery: The 34 new Minnesota State Fair foods for 2023

Plus, seven new vendors are added to the roster.

By Nicole Hvidsten

July 11, 2023 at 11:55AM

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Nicole Hvidsten

Taste Editor

Nicole Ploumen Hvidsten is the Star Tribune's senior Taste editor. In past journalistic lives she was a reporter, copy editor and designer — sometimes all at once — and has yet to find a cookbook she doesn't like.