{"product_id":"raw-dog-the-naked-truth-about-hot-dogs-paperback","title":"Raw Dog: The Naked Truth about Hot Dogs - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJamie Loftus\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eNEW YORK TIMES\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e AND INDIE BESTSELLER!\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eNow in paperback with a brand-new author introduction!\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePart travelogue, part culinary history, all capitalist critique--comedian Jamie Loftus's debut, \u003ci\u003eRaw Dog\u003c\/i\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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eA Best Book of the Year from \u003ci\u003eNPR \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eVulture\u003c\/i\u003e. Featured in: \u003ci\u003eNPR Weekend Edition\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e - Bon App?tit - Oprah Daily - Glamour - NY Mag - Splendid Table \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e- \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Wall Street Journal - Eater - Betches - USA Today - Boston Globe - Eater - Slate - The Next Big Idea Club - Buzzfeed \u003c\/i\u003eand more \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Wise and funny\"\u003c\/b\u003e --ANDY RICHTER - \u003cb\u003e\"Revealing, funny, sad, horny, and insatiably curious\" \u003c\/b\u003e--SARAH MARSHALL -\u003cb\u003e \"A wild ride\"\u003c\/b\u003e --ROBERT EVANS -\u003cb\u003e \"Deeply incisive and hilariously honest\" \u003c\/b\u003e--JACK O'BRIEN -\u003cb\u003e \"Gonzo yet vulnerable\" \u003c\/b\u003e--GABE DUNN - \u003cb\u003e\"Hot dog \u003ci\u003eMoby-Dick\u003c\/i\u003e\"\u003c\/b\u003e --BRANSON REESE -\u003cb\u003e \"One of the freshest and most insightful new comedic voices of this decade.\" \u003c\/b\u003e--LINDSAY ELLIS \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eRaw Dog: The Naked Truth About Hot Dogs\u003c\/i\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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis paperback edition includes Jamie's road trip map and illustrations by the author throughout, in addition to a brand-new author introduction.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eRaw Dog\u003c\/i\u003e will leave you nourished.\" --\u003ci\u003eBuzzFeed \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"You will certainly never read a funnier book about taking a hot dog-themed road trip across America.\" --\u003ci\u003eGlamour \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"A journey both silly and profound.\" --\u003ci\u003eVulture\u003c\/i\u003e, Best Books of 2023\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJAMIE LOFTUS\u003c\/b\u003e is a comedian, Emmy-nominated TV writer, and podcaster. She's worked as a staff writer on \u003ci\u003eTeenage Euthanasia\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eRobot Chicken\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eStar Trek: Lower Decks\u003c\/i\u003e, and wrote and starred in her own web series for Comedy Central. She writes and hosts popular limited-run podcasts--\"My Year In Mensa\" (2019), \"Lolita Podcast\" (2020), \"Aack Cast\" (2021), and \"Ghost Church\" (2022)--and cohosts, with screenwriter Caitlin Durante, a podcast on the How Stuff Works Network called \"The Bechdel Cast.\" She has her baby teeth bronzed and loaded into a slingshot.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 320\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.84 x 8.19 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 13, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45119295946796,"sku":"9781250847768","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0618\/6260\/8940\/files\/fqNERoeu339781250847768.webp?v=1765659315","url":"https:\/\/littleredgeneralstore.com\/products\/raw-dog-the-naked-truth-about-hot-dogs-paperback","provider":"Little Red General Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}