Writing Chicago Food & Comedy
Featured writers: Jamie Loftus and Chelsea Hood; Moderator: David Hammond.
Comedians Jamie Loftus and Chelsea Hood talk Chicago hot dogs, comedy writing, and Jamie’s journey across the country to write Raw Dog: The Naked Truth About Hot Dogs.
Book signing times (all signings take place in the Winter Garden, 9th Floor)
🖊️Jamie Loftus: 1:00 – 1:20
About the writers:
DAVID HAMMOND is the Dining and Drinking Editor for Newcity/Chicago, and a regular contributor of food/beverage-related articles to Chicago Sun-Times, Chicago Tribune, Men’s Book, Plate, Wednesday Journal, and Where Chicago. Between 2010-2014, he wrote weekly “Food Detective” and “What to Do With” columns for Chicago Sun-Times; since 2010 he has written weekly restaurant and product reviews for Wednesday Journal.
CHELSEA HOOD is a stand up comedian living in Chicago, IL by way of the comedy scenes in both Dallas, TX and Brooklyn, NY. You may have seen her on WGN, The CW Network’s Eye Opener, or CW33’s Nightcap. She was also featured on Stand Up Records’ “Texas Mess” album recorded at SXSW. She was most frequently featured performer at Limestone Comedy Festival, one of eight chose as the Best of the Midwest at Gilda’s LaughFest and a Comic to Watch at RIOT LA.
Raw Dog: The Naked Truth About Hot Dogs by Jamie Loftus
Part travelogue, part culinary history, all capitalist critique—comedian Jamie Loftus’s debut, Raw Dog, will take you on a cross-country road trip in the summer of 2021, and reveal what the creation, culture, and class influence of hot dogs says about America now.
Sounds fun(ny).