A Chicago-style hot dog (Photo by Leah A. Zeldes).
Everything you always wanted to know about the Chicago hot dog
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The Chicago-style hot dog: ‘A masterpiece’
Chicago’s taste for the hot dog began in 1893 at the World’s Columbian Exposition. -
Eat this! The Chicago hot dog, born in the Great Depression
How to assemble the canonical Chicago-style hot dog, and how it began. -
Know your wiener!
You can’t achieve a great banquet on a bun without a fine frank at its core. -
Friday food porn: Seasons’ sexed-up hot dog
Haute dog! -
It takes big buns to hold Chicago hot dogs
Not just any bun can handle it. -
Origins of neon relish and other Chicago hot dog conundrums
Keys to the unique condiments. -
Do only barbarians put ketchup on hot dogs?
Opinions from the National Hot Dog & Sausage Council, Vienna Beef, Dirty Harry and Mike Royko. What do you think? -
Chicago’s Schmidt the real Mr. Footlong Hot Dog Inventor
Yes, we are the home of the extra-long wiener! -
Chicago’s Oscar Mayer has a way. . . .
A few words about Chicago’s most famous hot-dog maker. -
Relishing Chicago’s 10 funniest hot-dog joints
Just for giggles.