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Raw Dog: The Naked Truth About Hot Dogs
A NEW YORK TIMES AND INDIE BESTSELLER!
Part travelogue, part culinary history, all capitalist critique―comedian Jamie Loftus's debut, Raw Dog, 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.
"Wise and funny" ―ANDY RICHTER • "Revealing, funny, sad, horny, and insatiably curious" ―SARAH MARSHALL • "A wild ride" ―ROBERT EVANS • "Deeply incisive and hilariously honest" ―JACK O'BRIEN • "Gonzo yet vulnerable" ―GABE DUNN • "Hot dog Moby-Dick" ―BRANSON REESE • "One of the freshest and most insightful new comedic voices of this decade." ―LINDSAY ELLIS
Hot 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.
Raw Dog: The Naked Truth About Hot Dogs is part investigation into the cultural and culinary significance of hot dogs and part travelog 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.
So 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.
The hardcover edition of Raw Dog: The Naked Truth About Hot Dogs includes gorgeous endpapers, an illustrated case, as well as illustrations by the author throughout.
"Raw Dog will leave you nourished." ―BuzzFeed
"You will certainly never read a funnier book about taking a hot dog-themed road trip across America." ―Glamour
Part travelogue, part culinary history, all capitalist critique―comedian Jamie Loftus's debut, Raw Dog, 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.
"Wise and funny" ―ANDY RICHTER • "Revealing, funny, sad, horny, and insatiably curious" ―SARAH MARSHALL • "A wild ride" ―ROBERT EVANS • "Deeply incisive and hilariously honest" ―JACK O'BRIEN • "Gonzo yet vulnerable" ―GABE DUNN • "Hot dog Moby-Dick" ―BRANSON REESE • "One of the freshest and most insightful new comedic voices of this decade." ―LINDSAY ELLIS
Hot 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.
Raw Dog: The Naked Truth About Hot Dogs is part investigation into the cultural and culinary significance of hot dogs and part travelog 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.
So 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.
The hardcover edition of Raw Dog: The Naked Truth About Hot Dogs includes gorgeous endpapers, an illustrated case, as well as illustrations by the author throughout.
"Raw Dog will leave you nourished." ―BuzzFeed
"You will certainly never read a funnier book about taking a hot dog-themed road trip across America." ―Glamour
Editorial Reviews
"A wonderfully weird and wild mashup of history, social commentary, personal revelation and food journalism." ―BookPage
"You will never read a funnier book about taking a hot-dog-themed road trip across America than Raw Dog." ―Glamour (Best of 2023)
"Somewhere between a send-up and a takedown of America's favorite sausage." ―Bon Appétit
"Equal parts meat-processing indictment, travelogue, hot dog history, and odd facts, this book is irreverent, hilarious, entertaining, honest, and, at times, gross. Will fascinate readers interested in hot dogs, road trips, and regional recipes." ―Library Journal
"Raw Dog will leave you nourished." ―BuzzFeed
"Jamie Loftus is a wise and funny storyteller, and her enthusiasm is inspiring. There's so much about hot dogs that you need to know, and Jamie is here to teach you!" ―ANDY RICHTER, actor and writer
"A moving, gorgeously written and lovingly researched dive into the world of hot dogs, American nationalism, in-group scandal, and delicate human relationships. This gonzo yet vulnerable trek is meaty, fun, critical, and evocative all at once. Jamie Loftus is the hot dog generation's Joan Didion." ―GABE DUNN, New York Times bestselling coauthor of I Hate Everyone But You
"Jamie deftly interweaves the absurdity of the ubiquitous hot dog with the chaos of an American culture trying to suss out its post(?)-pandemic identity. Her eye for detail, sly wit, and whip-smart way with words makes her one of the freshest and most insightful new comedic voices of this decade." ―LINDSAY ELLIS, New York Times bestselling author of Axiom's End
"Who but Jamie Loftus could've given us the hot dog Moby-Dick? This book is like getting shot in the chest and waking up three hours later, stronger and wiser." ―BRANSON REESE, New York Times medium selling author of Hell Was Full, creator of FX's Swan Boy
"Raw Dog is a wild ride. I cannot prepare you for it, and I wouldn't want to. Enjoy the surprise." ―ROBERT EVANS, host of the podcast Behind the Bastards
"Jamie Loftus is the best travel companion a rea...
"You will never read a funnier book about taking a hot-dog-themed road trip across America than Raw Dog." ―Glamour (Best of 2023)
"Somewhere between a send-up and a takedown of America's favorite sausage." ―Bon Appétit
"Equal parts meat-processing indictment, travelogue, hot dog history, and odd facts, this book is irreverent, hilarious, entertaining, honest, and, at times, gross. Will fascinate readers interested in hot dogs, road trips, and regional recipes." ―Library Journal
"Raw Dog will leave you nourished." ―BuzzFeed
"Jamie Loftus is a wise and funny storyteller, and her enthusiasm is inspiring. There's so much about hot dogs that you need to know, and Jamie is here to teach you!" ―ANDY RICHTER, actor and writer
"A moving, gorgeously written and lovingly researched dive into the world of hot dogs, American nationalism, in-group scandal, and delicate human relationships. This gonzo yet vulnerable trek is meaty, fun, critical, and evocative all at once. Jamie Loftus is the hot dog generation's Joan Didion." ―GABE DUNN, New York Times bestselling coauthor of I Hate Everyone But You
"Jamie deftly interweaves the absurdity of the ubiquitous hot dog with the chaos of an American culture trying to suss out its post(?)-pandemic identity. Her eye for detail, sly wit, and whip-smart way with words makes her one of the freshest and most insightful new comedic voices of this decade." ―LINDSAY ELLIS, New York Times bestselling author of Axiom's End
"Who but Jamie Loftus could've given us the hot dog Moby-Dick? This book is like getting shot in the chest and waking up three hours later, stronger and wiser." ―BRANSON REESE, New York Times medium selling author of Hell Was Full, creator of FX's Swan Boy
"Raw Dog is a wild ride. I cannot prepare you for it, and I wouldn't want to. Enjoy the surprise." ―ROBERT EVANS, host of the podcast Behind the Bastards
"Jamie Loftus is the best travel companion a rea...
