2010 SAN DIEGO COUNTY FAIR

Melinda Morgan, left, and Amanda Smith, both 19 and from Ocean Beach, get inverted on a giant ride called Speed at the 2009 San Diego County Fair. The 2010 fair opens Friday with the theme "Taste the Fun." (File Photo by Hayne Palmour IV - Staff Photographer
DEL MAR: Food-themed county fair begins Friday
By CIGI ROSS - cross@nctimes.com Posted: June 6, 2010
The 2010 San Diego County Fair may have a culinary theme, but the county's biggest party isn't just for chefs.
The 22-day festival ---- this year titled "Taste the Fun" ---- begins Friday and runs through July 5 at the fairgrounds in Del Mar; the fair will be closed on the first three Mondays.
Sprinkled throughout the grounds will be exhibits and displays featuring cooking demonstrations, competitions and, of course, lots of tasty treats, fair officials said.
"We're celebrating everything food," said Linda Zweig, a spokeswoman for the 22nd District Agricultural Association, which runs the state-owned fairgrounds. "We're an agricultural association, so we have a lot of wonderful producers in the area."