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Recovering sportswriter. Journalism professor at the University of Kentucky. Mom. Wife. Lucky girl.
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The hot dog leapt across borders — and this zesty, bacon-wrapped delight was born

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By Jen Smith
| KXLY-TV (Spokane, WA) Verified
(CNN) — When Benjamin Galaz was 10 years old, a stranger arrived in Nacozari de García, a mining town in the Mexican state of Sonora where he lived. It was a food vendor named Rolando Mendivil, who was serving a new kind of hot dog: bacon-wrapped, grilled and served in a baguette-like bolillo roll under a layer of pinto beans, onions, tomatoes, mayonnaise and salsa, with mild güero chiles on the side. Galaz loved them, and started hanging around the stand after school.
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The hot dog leapt across borders — and this zesty, bacon-wrapped delight was born

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By Jen Smith
| Yahoo News Malaysia Verified
When Benjamin Galaz was 10 years old, a stranger arrived in Nacozari de García, a mining town in the Mexican state of Sonora where he lived. It was a food vendor named Rolando Mendivil, who was serving a new kind of hot dog: bacon-wrapped, grilled and served in a baguette-like bolillo roll under a layer of pinto beans, onions, tomatoes, mayonnaise and salsa, with mild güero chiles on the side. Galaz loved them, and started hanging around the stand after school.
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As Summer Winds Down in Maine, Oyster Season Hits Its Peak

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By Jen Smith
| The Wall Street Journal Verified
By Jen Rose Smith | Photography by Dayyan Armstrong for WSJ Brackish water dripped down Anna Drzewiecki’s arm as she showed me a palm-sized oyster she had just pulled from a cage at Glidden Point Oyster Farms on Maine’s Damariscotta River. “As close to the source as it gets,” said Drzewiecki, who was leading a $26 hourlong tour of the site. Away from the dock, I sat down with a tray of oysters and a stabby, plastic-handled knife.
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