Hot Dog!

Hot Dog!It may seem unpatriotic or even treasonous, in this Bicentennial year, to suggest that our beloved frankfurter--America's ubiquitous hot dog--is a German immigrant. Nevertheless, it's true--at least technically. As a member of the sausage family, of which there are more than 500 varieties, the frankfurter has a long and noble genealogy. Born of necessity as a means of preserving food, sausage was known to Homer, Aristophanes and Apicius. It was a favorite nosh of carousing Romans during...