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Is It Time to Review Your Estate Plan? PAGE 1 3 Cooking Hacks to Eat Better PAGE 2 Is Your Teen’s Self-Esteem Dropping? PAGE 2 Take a Break! PAGE 3 Don’t Ignore Anxiety PAGE 3 3 Summer Food Festivals Worth the Trip PAGE 4 Traveling for the Food? Inside this Issue
Don’t Miss These 3 Festivals
According to AAA, millions of Americans take “culinary-focused vacations” every year. We’ll travel to Philadelphia for cheesesteaks, Texas for barbecue, Louisiana for gumbo … you get the idea. Our culture loves to eat! If you’re a traveling foodie, you are in luck: Add these three summer festivals to your must-visit list for this summer or future food-finding trips. Pierogi Fest (Indiana) July 29–31; PierogiFest.net The Polish pierogi is a humble food: mashed potatoes and cheese wrapped in soft dough and either fried, baked, or grilled to perfection. But simplicity should be celebrated! In Whiting, Indiana, Pierogi Fest is a three-day affair that brings in more than 300,000 people for events like a Polka Parade, a pierogi toss, and, of course, pierogies stuffed with everything from cheese to alligator meat. Of course, there’s also a beer garden, because as the organizers put it, “Beer and pierogies go together as well as peanut butter and jelly.”
themselves with jerk chicken, enjoy whole fish, and drink icies straight from hollowed- out pineapples. Six
celebrity chefs will make appearances this year to compete in food contests and show
off their Jamaican roots and/or dishes. When attendees aren’t eating, they can relax at a musical or cultural performance.
Key West Lobsterfest (Florida) Aug. 11–14, KeyWestLobsterfest.com
This year is the 25th annual Key West Lobsterfest! Seafood lovers come from all corners to enjoy the crustacean-crazed festival, which includes a cinematic lobster boil at sunset, a lobsterfest pool party, a pub crawl, and an all-you-can-eat-and-drink lobster brunch. Head to the website to learn more and score delicious lobster recipes — even if you can’t attend! Want more food festival intel? We’ve got you. Visit Insider.com and search “food and drink festivals” for a list of 28 top food attractions, ranked by Yelp reviews.
Grace Jamaican Jerk Festival (New York) July 31; JerkFestivalNY.com
Yes, New York City is home to fantastic pizza and bagels, but it’s also a Caribbean food hub! At this festival, visitors can stuff
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