Spam at the Fair
Spam eggrolls and Spam dip were the big winners in the L.A. County Fair's annual, and notorious, cooking contest on Wednesday. Congratulations, I guess.
Culinarily speaking, it will be hard to top the year Spam cheesecake won.
Read more at the Fair's Hot Blog on a Stick, with a video to boot.

A journalist for more than two decades, David Allen has been writing a column for the 

This story reminds me of how much I miss Peter Apanel. A few years ago Peter and I were going to enter a Spam Sushi recipe but never did....I miss good ole Peter and his crazy ideas!
[On a related note, I wonder if Spam tacos would be a winner? Hmm. And yeah, I miss Peter and his off-the-wall ideas too. -- DA]
I don't know if you know it or not, but Spam has its own web site. Also a fan club you can join.