{"id":7678,"date":"2015-02-27T23:09:58","date_gmt":"2015-02-28T05:09:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/?p=7678"},"modified":"2015-02-27T23:09:58","modified_gmt":"2015-02-28T05:09:58","slug":"book-8-of-52-hot-dougs-the-book","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/2015\/02\/book-8-of-52-hot-dougs-the-book\/","title":{"rendered":"Book 8 (of 52) &#8211; Hot Doug&#8217;s: The Book"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_7679\" style=\"width: 270px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/hd-thebook.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7679\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7679\" src=\"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/hd-thebook.jpg\" alt=\"Hot Doug's: The Book - Doug Sohn with Kate DeVivo\" width=\"260\" height=\"260\" srcset=\"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/hd-thebook.jpg 260w, http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/hd-thebook-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 260px) 100vw, 260px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-7679\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Hot Doug&#8217;s: The Book &#8211; Doug Sohn with Kate DeVivo<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Back in 2001, Doug Sohn opened a hot dog stand that focused on one thing: encased meats. \u00a0Over the following 14 years, until its closing in October of 2014, Hot Doug&#8217;s became a cultural landmark in the city of Chicago. \u00a0In 2013, Sohn, along with co-writer Kate DeVivo, chronicled the history of his restaurant in book form.<\/p>\n<p>The book tells the tale of the restaurant, both from Doug&#8217;s point of view and from testimonials from friends and customers. \u00a0Starting with the germ of an idea at his previous job, the book follows the evolution of Hot Doug&#8217;s, from its original location, to the fire that forced it to shut down for 6 months, and the eventual move to its final location.<\/p>\n<p>While light on actual content, the book is a love letter to a restaurant that captured the imagination of a city and more. \u00a0My last visit was in the summer of 2012, waiting an hour in line when I should have been at work. \u00a0Reading the book was a nice trip back in time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Back in 2001, Doug Sohn opened a hot dog stand that focused on one thing: encased meats. \u00a0Over the following 14 years, until its closing in October of 2014, Hot Doug&#8217;s became a cultural landmark in the city of Chicago. \u00a0In 2013, Sohn, along with co-writer Kate DeVivo, chronicled the history of his restaurant in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[5496,3467,5497,551],"class_list":["post-7678","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-39","tag-doug-sohn","tag-hot-dougs","tag-kate-devivo","tag-work"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7678","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7678"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7678\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7680,"href":"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7678\/revisions\/7680"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7678"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7678"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7678"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}