Imagine each of your favorite foods from local restaurants combined into one big picnic. The annual Taste of UA event, held at Northam Park, draws a crowd of more than 12,000 people as it showcases local restaurants and businesses. This year's Taste of UA will be August 14th from 3:30 to 8:30 p.m. at Northam Park. Admission is free.

UAPA will have a booth at the event and we'd like to see you there to volunteer at our booth or just to browse around.

There will be food-judging contest in the categories Appetizer, Entree & Dessert as well as People's Choice and Children's Choice. Tony Bova, a new UAPA contributor, offered these suggested menu items:

• Desserts: Missing Yellowcake, Alberto Gonzales fudge, Dick Cheney Energy Policy Bars (we won't show you the ingredients), Impeach cobbler, Policy upside-down cake, Zero-emission no-bake cookies
• Entrees: Congressional Pork chops, Baloney a la Bush, King George salmon, Meatless sausages called "fake links to 9/11"
• Appetizers: "Left" wings, with your choice of sauces, served next to "Right" wings with no choice of sauces

It's a great event and we hope to see you there!

Once you register at this site, you can login and sign up online for a time slot that will be listed below.