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Best in show: Classic and new breeds of the hot dog

The Kruse Report

Nancy Kruse, President

August 22, 2011

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Some analysts credit chef Daniel Boulud with kicking off the current hot-dog revival, citing the prominence of sausages like the all-beef DBGB Dog on the menu of his DBGB Kitchen and Bar in New York. Others point to the strong influence of local market specialists like Doug Sohn, owner of the seminal Hot Doug’s in Chicago, as prime movers behind the trend. 


It’s also possible that hot dogs are benefiting from strong tailwinds provided by the runaway success of better-burger specialists, who’ve breathed new life into another long-running sandwich standard. 


No matter what the driving force, the result is a rediscovery of an enduring classic that’s moved the hot dog out of the ballpark and into the limelight.


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Nancy Kruse

President, The Kruse Company

Nancy Kruse is a nationally recognized authority and widely quoted expert on food and menu trends. As founder and president of The Kruse Company in Atlanta, Georgia, she tracks the trends and reports on hot-button issues in both the restaurant and supermarket industries.

 A prolific food writer, Nancy is a contributor to Nation’s Restaurant News and Restaurant Hospitality magazines. In demand as a speaker, she regularly addresses restaurant associations, major supermarket and restaurant companies, food manufacturers and promotion boards both here and abroad.

Prior to founding her own company, she served as executive vice president for Technomic, Inc., where she conducted a wide range of consulting assignments for Fortune 500 food and restaurant companies. 

Nancy earned a Master of Arts degree from the Film School of Northwestern University, and she was a Woodrow Wilson fellow in Russian literature at the University of Wisconsin. She has also completed coursework at the Culinary Institute of America, where she has served as guest lecturer. And she has been named one of the Top 100 Influencers in the US by business-networking site LinkedIn.  

 

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