Astronauts ate them in outer space, we fed them to the King of England and one guy, in 2009, gobbled down 68 Nathan's hot dogs (with buns!) in 10 minutes. The lowly hot dog, wiener, tube steak, frankfurter, red hot--whatever you call them is one of America's favorite foods.

Why am I writing this? Well, my friends, today Dutton released Hot Diggity Dog: The History of the Hot Dog, written by Adrienne Sylver with art by, you guessed it, Elwood H. Smith. Run out, get a red hot, a cold beer and buy this book. You won't be sorry.