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Every edition is assembled by TIME editors rather than generated automatically. ### Sources * TIME Newsletters: [time.com/newsletters](/c/time-nl-brief-2026q3/newsletters?i=8ca6db62-9677-4cd9-82a6-c8a7d08e4c54&cr=time-nl-brief-2026q3-v1) ## Video: 5 Crazy Junk Food Combos [Watch (HLS stream): 5 Crazy Junk Food Combos](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/wogLxXmg.m3u8) (1:22)  _Published 2014-07-21. 5 Crazy Junk Food Combos_  by [Olivia B. Waxman](https://time.com/author/olivia-b-waxman/)  ## Olivia B. Waxman Staff Writer Jun 12, 2015 10:06 PM UTC  San Diego County Fair  by [Olivia B. Waxman](https://time.com/author/olivia-b-waxman/)  ## Olivia B. Waxman Staff Writer Jun 12, 2015 10:06 PM UTC The San Diego County Fair has found a way to make Starbucks drinks [even more caloric](http://newsfeed.time.com/2014/02/25/this-is-how-many-calories-are-in-popular-starbucks-beverages/). At the Bacon-A-Fair booth, fairgoers can buy deep-fried balls of dough stuffed with Starbucks ground coffee, which comes in a Starbucks cup and is topped with whipped cream. So the concoction basically looks like a deep-fried Frappuccino. Or just think about it as “coffee, sugar, and cream,” the booth’s owner [told _ABC News_](http://abcnews.go.com/Lifestyle/deep-fried-starbucks-insane-fare-san-diego-county/story?id=31720987)_._ Last Fall, Amy Erickson of food blog [“Oh Bite It”](http://time.com/3502191/deep-fried-pumpkin-spice-latte-starbucks/) showed off her deep-friend pumpkin spice latte bites. ### See 15 Mouthwatering BBQ Photos  Smoked pork hot link with collard greens and mac and cheese at Jim 'N Nicks Bar-B-Q in Birmingham, Ala. Andrew Hetherington  Fried chicken at Husk in Charleston, S.C., named "Best New Restaurant in America" by Bon Appétit in 2011. 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