Article: Hot dog nation Chili in Cincinnati, BBQ down south; frankly, we all dress our dogs a different way

So baseball season is here, and I know I should care more about the Red Sox than I really do. But I do know one thing: When I go to my first Sox game this year, my eye will wander off the field and into the stands pretty quickly. Before the first inning is over, you can bet I'll be hunting down the hot dog guy.

It's how it's always been.

Whenever my dad took me to Cubs games as a kid, it was hard to focus on the game for long. (The Cubs were always losing. Still are.) For me, it was all about the food, specifically the hot dog.

Ballparks are now serving all kinds of culinary alternatives to the traditional hot dog. They've got pasta, salads, corned beef, fruit cups and sushi. (Sushi? At a ...

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