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Looking for signs that life is returning to normal? How about deep-fried food?

Some of the innovations from county fairs past are available this month at Toyota Arena in Ontario, including deep-fried butter, according to the event’s website. Expect a lot of bacon and funnel cakes on weekends through April 25.

For diners wanting to go meatless, meet the Southern California mom with deli roots who pitched her plant-based deli meats on “Shark Tank.”

But this week’s news isn’t all good. The opening of Redlands Public Market, a food hall in a historical packing house, has been pushed back to 2023.

People explore a in-car, take-out food experience during the Drive- Thru Fair Foodie Fest in front of the Rose Bowl in Pasadena on Saturday, February 13, 2021. (Photo by Keith Birmingham, Pasadena Star-News/ SCNG)

Admission is free for the Fair Foodie Fest, which offers deep-fried novelties for sale as well as carnival rides. Read more.

Jenny Goldfarb at her startup vegan food company Unreal Deli in Van Nuys, Thursday, Mar. 11, 2021. Her company makes meat free plant-made deli meats. (Photo by Hans Gutknecht, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)

A Woodland Hills mom created the product and got the world to take notice on “Shark Tank.” Read more.

Rendering display of the future Redlands Public Market during a 2019 open house in the rundown 1906 building. (File photo by Milka Soko, Contributing Photographer)

The Redlands Public Market adaptive reuse of a historic packinghouse was originally expected to be completed in 2020. Read more.

Farmer Boys recently raised $100,000 for Loma Linda University Children’s Health. (Photo courtesy of Farmer Boys)

Also, Escape Craft Brewery is the latest to offer a Pink Boots Society collaboration brew, and Carnitas Al Estilo Michoacan has opened a new location. Read more.

L-R Michael Clements, Dan “Firecracker” Regan and Eric McLaughlin are partners in The Liberation Brewing Company which is featured in a new documentary called “Brewmance.”(Photo by Brittany Murray, Press Telegram/SCNG)

“Brewmance” is a documentary about the craft beer industry, and we asked the Long Beach brewers starring in the film to recommend a few brews. Read more.

Braised Chicken with Mild Green Chili Sauce is shown garnished with sour cream, halved cherry tomatoes, a lemon wedge and sprig of cilantro. (Photo by Cathy Thomas)

The dish made with boneless chicken thighs is also enlivened by fresh oregano, cumin and mild green chilies. Read more.

Meghan McConaghy Chane prepares food in her Eastvale home kitchen Thursday, July 11, 2019. San Bernardino County is considering a pilot program to allow home food preparation. (File photo by Cindy Yamanaka, The Press-Enterprise/SCNG)

Many cities don’t want to allow people to operate a restaurant out of their kitchen, so the Board of Supervisors is looking for a way to allow it only in parts of the county. Read more.

Tlayuda with zucchini flowers, queso fresco and fried shrimp shells at Damian in Los Angeles (Photo by Brad A. Johnson, Orange County Register/SCNG)

Critic Brad A. Johnson says the long-awaited new restaurant from Mexico’s biggest celebrity chef conveys a unique California-Mexican vernacular. Read more.

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