Feasts from burden: South Florida’s food festivals still pack a punch after rebounding from COVID

That faint, sweet-salty aroma of elephant ears, bacon, garlic and tacos reaching your nostrils is no lie: South Florida’s bounty of food festivals are back. Starting with the deep-fried decadence of this weekend’s South Florida Fair (Jan. 14-30) and ending with more battered sea creatures at the Pompano Beach Seafood Festival (April 22-24), the calendar once again brims with food and drink, COVID be damned. Call it a remarkable rebound, a testament to the resilience of the South Florida food community, which endured two straight years of COVID delays, postponements and outright cancellations. Just about every festival on this list has survived one pandemic burden or another. 

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