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"item_title" : "The History and Science of a Hotdog",
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"item_description" : "THE HOT DOG IS NOT TRYING TO WIN YOU OVER The hot dog does not want to be your favorite food. It wants to be available. It does not aspire to greatness. It aspires to being eaten under bad conditions. You do not sit down with a hot dog. You stand. You walk. You are late. You are distracted. You are holding a child, a drink, a ticket stub, a toolbox, or a sense of disappointment about adulthood. And yet- the hot dog performs. This book exists because the hot dog is one of the most successful engineered food systems ever created, and nobody wants to admit that, because doing so would force us to rethink what good food actually means. The hot dog is not cuisine. It is logistics",
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Overview
THE HOT DOG IS NOT TRYING TO WIN YOU OVER The hot dog does not want to be your favorite food. It wants to be available. It does not aspire to greatness. It aspires to being eaten under bad conditions. You do not sit down with a hot dog. You stand. You walk. You are late. You are distracted. You are holding a child, a drink, a ticket stub, a toolbox, or a sense of disappointment about adulthood. And yet- the hot dog performs. This book exists because the hot dog is one of the most successful engineered food systems ever created, and nobody wants to admit that, because doing so would force us to rethink what "good food" actually means. The hot dog is not cuisine. It is logistics
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Details
- ISBN-13: 9798245766201
- ISBN-10: 9798245766201
- Publisher: Independently Published
- Publish Date: January 2026
- Dimensions: 11 x 8.5 x 0.37 inches
- Shipping Weight: 0.91 pounds
- Page Count: 172
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