“Jamie Loftus is the most deeply incisive and hilariously honest artist in podcasting, and her singular comedic voice rings as crystal clear on page as it does on mic.
“Jamie Loftus is the best travel companion a reader could ask for, and in Raw Dog she takes us on a revealing, funny, sad, horny, and insatiably curious journey across America, and into the truth of what it means to be human.” -SARAH MARSHALL, host of the podcast You’re Wrong About Enjoy the surprise.” -ROBERT EVANS, host of the podcast Behind the Bastards I cannot prepare you for it, and I wouldn’t want to. “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 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 “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. Jamie Loftus is the hot dog generation's Joan Didion.” -GABE DUNN, New York Times bestselling coauthor of I Hate Everyone But You This gonzo yet vulnerable trek is meaty, fun, critical, and evocative all at once. “A moving, gorgeously written and lovingly researched dive into the world of hot dogs, American nationalism, in-group scandal, and delicate human relationships. There’s so much about hot dogs that you need to know, and Jamie is here to teach you!” -ANDY RICHTER, actor and writer “Jamie Loftus is a wise and funny storyteller, and her enthusiasm is inspiring. Will fascinate readers interested in hot dogs, road trips, and regional recipes." - Library Journal
"Equal parts meat-processing indictment, travelogue, hot dog history, and odd facts, this book is irreverent, hilarious, entertaining, honest, and, at times, gross. "Somewhere between a send-up and a takedown of America’s favorite sausage." - Bon Appétit "You will never read a funnier book about taking a hot-dog-themed road trip across America than Raw Dog." - Glamour (Best of 2023) "A wonderfully weird and wild mashup of history, social commentary, personal revelation and food journalism." - BookPage "You will certainly never read a funnier book about taking a hot dog-themed road trip across America." - Glamour " Raw Dog will leave you nourished." - BuzzFeed 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. You can love them, you can hate them, but you can’t avoid the great American hot dog. 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. Rich people found a way to charge fifteen dollars for them. “One of the freshest and most insightful new comedic voices of this decade.” -LINDSAY ELLIS.“Deeply incisive and hilariously honest” -JACK O’BRIEN.“Revealing, funny, sad, horny, and insatiably curious” -SARAH MARSHALL.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.
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