The Burger and the Hot Dog [SEP] illustrator
The Burger and the Hot Dog
The Burger and the Hot Dog is a children's poetry book about food, written by Jim Aylesworth and illustrated by Stephen Gammell.
Summary.
Several poems have to do with behavior and dessert. There are characters such as cheeses named Woodrow and Wanda and eggs named Yack and Yimmy.
Reception.
- A "Kirkus Reviews" review says, "Caldecott Medalist Gammell (Ride, p. 258, etc.) has cooked up a batch of humorous, mixed-media
, rather than a bagel-like breading.
Preparation can include: boiling a hot dog, wrapping it in bagel dough, topping it with poppy seeds or sesame seeds, and then baking the whole product to cook the dough.
History.
It has been said that the bagel dog was invented by Milan R. Burger in Durham, North Carolina in 1980. Burger and his baker wife Sandra T. were co-owners of Temptee Bagel at the time they developed their bagel dog, and the name "Bagel Original