As you sit down to a table full of wings, chips, burgers and dips this SuperBowl Sunday, imagine being able to devour truck loads of these delicious items as a profession. Glamor, prestige & unlimited wet naps could be yours right? Meet Crazy Legs Conti;  a man with one lofty goal in life. His dream? [...]

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This Thursday’s Eating Styles poll addresses that age-old conundrum: what do you do when the last bite of your hot dog consists of only bread and ketchup? Do you throw it away…or eat it? We’ve all been there – sitting around a campfire, lounging on seldom-used patio furniture at somebody’s grad party, or kneeling awkwardly on [...]

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It’s Thursday again, which means it’s time for another eating styles poll! Since this past Monday was Memorial Day, the unofficial beginning to the grilling season, we want to know…what did you grill? If you didn’t grill on Memorial Day, then what is your favorite grilled food? Are you a typical hot-dog-and-hamburgers grill master? Or [...]

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It’s Thursday, which means it’s time for another eating styles poll. This week’s topic: regional hot dog styles. With all these meat-shunning Fridays going around, it can be easy to forget about the red-blooded, all-American food staple. I know it’s lent, but for now leave your fish fryers dormant and don your protein caps because [...]

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Not even the eminent So Good Blog could avoid talk of Charlie Sheen forever – we are only human.  When I read that a California hot dog stand had named one of their own after the ubiquitous actor, I took note.  The toppings? Onions, relish, tomatoes, mustard, peppers, a pickle spear, and naturally, tiger blood, aka [...]

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Update: Sethonious has won the grand prize for his mouthwatering description of WeinerWorks. The two second prizes go to Gregg for really being the only one to offer up a “worst” experience with a hot dog (and an amusing one at that), and to rossitron for most interesting use of condiments.  I just e-mailed you [...]

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The hot dog industry was placed under the spotlight this past Monday when the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) recommended that hot dog makers change the shape of the tubular food item in order to be less of a choking hazard for kids.  The recommendation also targeted “hard candy, whole grapes, raw carrots, peanut butter, [...]

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The Fire Wire has alerted me to an awesome new product available on the always hilarious site Archie McPhee.  I’m talking of course about the “Hot Dog Hideaway” a.k.a. the “Build-it-Yourself Meat House Kit.” So what’s the deal with this meat monstrosity? Archie McPhee describes what you get for your $79.95 investment: Our bestselling Hot [...]

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Apparently, the hot dog giveaway by Oscar Mayer this past Wednesday generated some unexpected publicity for the famous purveyor of tubular meat-ish products.  Instead of all the goodwill emanating from a benevolent gesture prior to one of the nation’s biggest cookout weekends, OM may now be facing a lawsuit thanks to the good folks at [...]

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Yes, it must be the start of baseball season, as I’ve managed to make 4 posts in a rowthat are food related, but also connected to baseball. However, this one is just too interesting to pass up. From The Boston Herald, via The Slanch Report, comes news that Fenway Park has installed a new hot [...]

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