Larry Roberts of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette recounts a life in hot dog eating, from asking his father to peel the natural casing off a Coney Island Nathan's dog as a five-year old, to wondering if there are hot dogs in heaven at one of his current Pittsburgh-area favorites, the Red Caboose in Rostraver.  Mr. Roberts even includes a recipe for a Spicy Pepper Glaze, which he suggests you brush on a batch of hot dogs before topping them with finely chopped sour pickles and raw onions.  Sounds great to us!  See his story here.

Those are two Coney Island Nathans franks in the above photo (Roadfood.com review).