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 scholarship …

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 open up …