{"product_id":"raw-dog-the-naked-truth-about-hot-dogs","title":"Raw Dog: The Naked Truth about Hot Dogs","description":"\u003cdiv data-a-expander-name=\"book_description_expander\" data-a-expander-collapsed-height=\"280\" class=\"a-expander-collapsed-height a-row a-expander-container a-spacing-base a-expander-partial-collapse-container\" style=\"max-height: none; height: 280px;\"\u003e \u003cdiv data-expanded=\"false\" class=\"a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px;\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eA \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eNEW YORK TIMES\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e AND INDIE BESTSELLER!\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eNow in paperback with a brand-new author introduction!\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePart travelogue, part culinary history, all capitalist critique―comedian Jamie Loftus's debut, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eRaw Dog\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, will take you on a cross-country road trip in the summer of 2021, and reveal what the creation, culture, and class influence of hot dogs says about America now.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eA Best Book of the Year from \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eNPR \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eand \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eVulture\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e. Featured in: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eNPR Weekend Edition\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003e • Bon Appétit • Oprah Daily • Glamour • NY Mag • Splendid Table \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003e• \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Wall Street Journal • Eater • Betches • USA Today • Boston Globe • Eater • Slate • The Next Big Idea Club • Buzzfeed \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eand more \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e“Wise and funny”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e ―ANDY RICHTER • \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e“Revealing, funny, sad, horny, and insatiably curious” \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e―SARAH MARSHALL •\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e “A wild ride”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e ―ROBERT EVANS •\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e “Deeply incisive and hilariously honest” \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e―JACK O’BRIEN •\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e “Gonzo yet vulnerable” \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e―GABE DUNN • \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e“Hot dog \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eMoby-Dick\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e ―BRANSON REESE •\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e “One of the freshest and most insightful new comedic voices of this decade.” \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e―LINDSAY ELLIS \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHot dogs. Poor people created them. Rich people found a way to charge fifteen dollars for them. They’re high culture, they’re low culture, they’re sports food, they’re kids' food, they’re hangover food, and they’re deeply American, despite having no basis whatsoever in America's Indigenous traditions. You can love them, you can hate them, but you can’t avoid the great American hot dog.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eRaw Dog: The Naked Truth About Hot Dogs\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is part investigation into the cultural and culinary significance of hot dogs and part travelogue documenting a cross-country road trip researching them as they’re served today. From avocado and spice in the West to ass-shattering chili in the East to an entire salad on a slice of meat in Chicago, Loftus, her pets, and her ex eat their way across the country during the strange summer of 2021. It’s a brief window into the year between waves of a plague that the American government has the resources to temper, but not the interest.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSo grab a dog, lay out your picnic blanket, and dig into the delicious and inevitable product of centuries of violence, poverty, and ambition, now rolling around at your local 7-Eleven.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eThis paperback edition includes Jamie's road trip map and illustrations by the author throughout, in addition to a brand-new author introduction.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eRaw Dog\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e will leave you nourished.\" ―\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eBuzzFeed\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"You will certainly never read a funnier book about taking a hot dog-themed road trip across America.\" ―\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eGlamour\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"A journey both silly and profound.\" ―\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eVulture\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, Best Books of 2023\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003c\/div\u003e \u003cdiv class=\"a-expander-header a-expander-partial-collapse-header\" style=\"opacity: 1; display: block;\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"a-expander-content-fade\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e}\"\u0026gt;\u003ci class=\"a-icon a-icon-extender-expand\"\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-expander-prompt\"\u003eRead more\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Forge","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50120178434333,"sku":"9781250847768","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0901\/5692\/5213\/files\/9781250847768.jpg?v=1751399702","url":"https:\/\/bookdelico.com\/products\/raw-dog-the-naked-truth-about-hot-dogs","provider":"Book Delico ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}