Gena Demuth

What better food to unite Hispanic and Latin cultures than the Empanada, a fried or baked pastry shaped like a crescent moon. The cultures came together at the Third Annual Whiting Empanada festival. The Whiting Empanada festival, created as a...

Rain could not dampen the popcorn nor the fun at the 46th annual Valparaiso Popcorn Festival held in downtown Valparaiso, Indiana. With a record 340 vendors, live entertainment, and endless popcorn, attendees came out in record numbers. “We had to...