Each year at the Adamant Blackfly Pie Contest locals go head-to-head in creating confections made to attract – or replicate – the insects being honored at the Adamant Blackfly Festival. Join Alice as she gets her first blackfly bite and helps to judge the creepy, crawly pastries.

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AAN award-winning food writer Alice Levitt is a fan of the exotic, the excellent and automats. She wrote for Seven Days 2007-2015.