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.

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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

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