NEW YORK, July 23, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Nothing
says summertime fun like a carnival! Join Anthony Anderson on the ultimate summer
vacation exploring the country's best carnival fare on Carnival
Cravings with Anthony Anderson,
premiering on Wednesday, August
12th at 10pm ET/PT
on Food Network. The ooey, gooey, crispy, and crunchy carnival
indulgences lead the way on this coast-to-coast adventure, which
leaves no delicious midway bite untasted. Along the way, Anthony
visits some of the most popular carnivals in the country,
participating in everything from bubble gum blowing contests to
lumberjack competitions, and tasting the signature snacks that make
these carnivals a foodie delight. From mac and cheese stuffed
burgers to bacon-wrapped roasted corn, deep-fried root beer floats
to bacon-topped cinnamon roll sundaes, there is sure to be a dish
to satisfy everyone's carnival craving!
Episodes include:
Premiering Wednesday, August
12th at 10pm
ET/PT – "Sweet Carolina Cravings"
Anthony Anderson heads to the Got to
Be NC Festival in Raleigh, North
Carolina for some southern fried carnival goodness. He
tickles his taste buds with everything from redneck egg rolls to
the most intense bacon-wrapped deep-fried dessert this side of the
Mississippi. After his belly has
settled, he tries his hand at the lumberjack competition and bets
the farm at the pig races.
Premiering Wednesday, August
19th at 10pm
ET/PT – "Ooey-Gooey Golden State"
In Sacramento, California for the
country fair, Anthony finds cowboys aplenty and enough carnival
treats to feed the whole Golden state. He dives into the deep
end of carnival food with a burger with a "cheese skirt" and a
bacon-topped cinnamon roll sundae. In between bites, he learns how
to milk a cow and rides the most daring ride at the midway.
Premiering Wednesday, August
26th at 10pm
ET/PT – "Deep Fried Rockies"
Anthony heads to the heart of the Rockies for some mountain-sized
carnival fun at Parker Days in Parker, Colorado. The
carnival eats he finds at this fest are no small feat – massive 24
pound beef ribs and a deep-fried root beer float. After he beefs up
on calories, Anthony goes head to head with some of the strongest
men in the world and gets down and dirty in a sumo battle.
Premiering Wednesday, September
2nd at 10pm
ET/PT – "Bacon-Wrapped Heartland"
At the Prairie Fest in Oswego,
Illinois, Anthony eats his way through the heartland,
gobbling up everything from bacon-wrapped roasted corn to a twist
on a local specialty – a Chicago
crab dog. Then, it is an Anderson family reunion as Anthony runs
into his Great Aunt Pearl and ropes her into his carnival culinary
quest.
Premiering Wednesday, September
9th at 10pm
ET/PT – "San Diego on a
Stick"
Anthony Anderson soaks up some
So-Cal fun at the San Diego County
Fair, where every carnival treat is straight out of the melting
pot, such as Thai chicken fry bread and a chile relleno
cheeseburger. Before the sun sets, he has a little fun with some
pint-sized locals who challenge him to a bubble gum blowing
contest.
Premiering Wednesday, September
16th at 10pm
ET/PT – "Lobster dogs and So-Cal Sundaes"
At the Alameda County Fair, Anthony meets up with 500,000 of his
friends to chow down on crazy carnival eats like a mac and cheese
stuffed burger and a lobster dog. He also throws on his carnival
chef hat and defies the ice cream gods by making a spaghetti and
meatball sundae.
Explore the colorful and delicious treats featured on the show
and track down the festivals serving them at
FoodNetwork.com/CarnivalCravings. Join the conversation on Twitter
using #CarnivalCravings.
Anthony Anderson is no stranger
to the Food Network audience, having competed on Chopped and
appeared as both a judge and competitor on Iron Chef
America, and host of Eating America with Anthony Anderson. Anthony can also be
seen in the ABC sitcom, Black-ish, for which he was recently
nominated for an Emmy® award, in which he stars and produces, and
which recently won two NAACP Image Awards for both Outstanding
Comedy Series and Outstanding Actor in a Comedy Series. An
accomplished actor with roles on both the big and small screen,
including over 20 films and the Emmy award-winning drama Law
& Order, playing Detective Kevin
Bernard. His performance on that series earned him four
consecutive NAACP Image Award nominations for Outstanding Actor in
a Drama Series. Anthony also appeared in the DreamWorks'
blockbuster Transformers, directed by Michael Bay; as well as in Martin Scorsese's Oscar® winning feature, The
Departed.
Carnival Cravings with Anthony
Anderson is produced by Magnetic Productions.
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