Doug Mack

Joined Atlas Obscura in 2022

Doug Mack is a writer focusing on travel, food, history, cultural commentary, and personal narratives. He runs Snack Stack, a curiosity-filled newsletter about the cultural history of snacks around the world. He is also the author of The Not-Quite States of America, a travelogue about the U.S. territories (W.W. Norton, 2017), which Smithsonian named one of the top ten travel books of the year.

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Franklin Delano Roosevelt roasting hot dogs. They smell like diplomatic breakthroughs.

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Why American Leaders Relish Hot-Dog Diplomacy

For 80 years, wieners have been an essential component of foreign policy.

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