Some Lighter Fare: The Foods for Which Chicago is Known.

After a few weeks of dark content, Alyssa thought we could use some fun so she tells John Zinn about the history of Chicago's most famous foods and beverage. That's right we talk Hot Dogs, Pizza, Italian Beef, and Malort. Have Fun! Also, subscribe, leave a five-star review and tell your friends. Show Notes: Eater: Anthony Bourdain’s Most Memorable Chicago Quotes The Wiener Circle Twitter Video: Ed Sheeran works at The Wiener Circle Jeppsons'Malort Twitter Chicago Dog Thrillist: A History of the Esteemed Chicago-Style Hot Dog Block Club Chicago: A Short History Of Chicago-Style Hot Dogs (And Why We Love Them So Much) NY Eater: The Chicago Dog Floodgates Have Opened The Chicago-style hot dog: ‘A masterpiece’ The Reader: Why is there no ketchup on a properly made hot dog? NBC Chicago: Vienna Beef to reopen former Bucktown factory with restaurant, headquarters, retailers and more Italian Beef: NPR: How Chicago came to love the Italian beef sandwich LA Times: This Chicagoan explains why true Italian beef is so hard for other cities to get right NPR: How Chicago came to love the Italian beef sandwich Chicago Tribune: Three generations of beef Chicago Reader: Who invented Italian beef, and why can't you get it outside of Chicago? NBC Chicago: The New York Times posted an Italian Beef recipe, and it's caused an uproar among Chicagoans Pizza: BBC: The deep rooted history of Chicago’s deep-dish pizza BBC: The deep rooted history of Chicago’s deep-dish pizza Chicago Tribune: Family’s stuffed-pizza dynasty began with a fight Pizanos' History Chicago Tribune: WHO INVENTED DEEP DISH? Malort: Thrillist: 19 Things You Didn't Know About Jeppson’s Malört Food & Wine: Chicago's Malört Liqueur Is Both Off-Putting and Excellent Chicagi Tribune: After 30 years, Malort is home. Production of the bitter liqueur returned to Chicago this week. Chicago Sun-Times: What drink asks 'are you man enough?' Chicago Sun-Times: Malört’s unlikely rise from a joke to Chicago’s drink WBEZ: The unlikely rise of Malört as Chicago’s drink Socials: Alyssa's Twitter Oh Malort! Twitter Alyssa's IG Oh Malort! IG Oh Malort! TikTok Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices