CHEW: Hot Dogs Forever, Bruce Kraig, Dec 5 @ 7:15 pm

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“Hot Dogs Forever,”
presented by Bruce Kraig.
December 5 at 7:15 PM
Goodman Atwood Community Center, Bolz Room A; 149 Waubesa Street, Madison 53704; 608-241-1574

Drawing from material in his new book, Man Bites Dog: Hot Dog Culture in America, author Bruce Kraig tell us how the hot dog became a symbol of American culture. From its origins as immigrant food to how it became mainstream, he’ll cover the gamut of hot dogging in American life. The talk includes regional styles of hotdogs, who invented them, and how they have recently became platforms for culinary art.

Bruce Kraig is Professor Emeritus in History and Humanities at Roosevelt University in Chicago and a nationally known expert on the history of the hot dog. He has appeared on many television programs as an authority on American food history and culture. Kraig is founding president of the Culinary Historians of Chicago and of the Chicago Foodways Roundtable, and is president of the new Greater Midwest Foodways Alliance.

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