Hot dogs got their start in the 1860s, when German migrant Charles Feltman started slinging them in a pushcart on Coney Island, giving rise to an Americana favourite.
In 1939, President Franklin Roosevelt even served Nathan’s Famous, one of the city’s best-known dogs, to visiting royal King George VI. A classic New York dog— affectionately known as ‘dirty water dogs’ for the salt and fat-licked cart water they’re warmed in—is a relatively simple affair compared to other American city standards: an all-beef frankfurter in a soft warm bun with a handful of tangy kraut and spicy brown mustard. The defining addition, for many, are sauteed onions, deliciously heightened with sweet ketchup and spices.
This everything bagel recipe is an extract from EAT NYC by Yasmin Newman (Smith Street Books)
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