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Raw Dog

by Jamie Loftus

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The Splendid Table, NPR · July 26, 2024

784: All American Summer with Stacey Mei Yan Fong, Jamie Loftus, and Bricia Lopez

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Book of the Day, NPR · November 20, 2023

Jamie Loftus' 'Raw Dog' investigates the social and culinary history of the hot dog

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A road trip across the U.S. exploring the social and culinary history of the hot dog, covering everything from labor conditions in meatpacking plants to the class implications of hot dog consumption, the immigrant roots of the baseball classic, and the capitalist propaganda behind the hot dog as an American symbol.

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