Lloyd Handwerker and Ina Yalof

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In Conversation with Belinda Skelton, Host, Atlanta Living on WSB Radio AM 750 and 95.5FM

LUNCH: 12:00 pm (A Kosher Hot Dog Lunch Will Be Served)

PROGRAM: 12:30 pm

LLOYD HANDWERKER, Famous Nathan

Nathan Handwerker was an Eastern European Jewish immigrant who left the small world he knew for America, arriving at Ellis Island speaking not a word of English and with only twenty-five dollars hidden in his shoes. He had a simple goal: work hard and carve out a piece of the American dream. Beginning in 1916, with just five feet of counter space on Coney Island’s Surf Avenue, Nathan sells his frankfurters for five cents. As New York booms, so too does Nathan’s humble frankfurter stand. Soon Nathan’s Famous takes over the whole block, and Nathan gathers around him a dedicated core of workers (many who stay for decades) who help launch the hot dog as an American food staple.

Written by Nathan’s own grandson, and at once a portrait of a man, a family, and the changing face of a nation through a century of promise and progress, Famous Nathan is a dog's tale that snaps and satisfies with every page.

INA YALOF, Food in the City

In Food and the City, Ina Yalof takes us on an insider’s journey into New York’s pulsating food scene Lenny Berk explains why Woody Allen’s mother would allow only him to slice her lox at Zabar’s. Restaurateur Eddie Schoenfeld describes his journey from Nice Jewish Boy from Brooklyn to New York’s Indisputable Chinese Food Maven. From old-schoolers such as David Fox, third-generation owner of Fox’s U-bet syrup, and the outspoken Upper West Side butcher “Schatzie,” to new kids on the block including Patrick Collins, sous chef at The Dutch, and Brooklyn artisan Lauren Clark of Sucre Mort Pralines, Food and the City is a fascinating oral history with an unforgettable gallery of New Yorkers who embody the heart and soul of a culinary metropolis.

Member: $24 (includes lunch)

Community: $28 (includes lunch)

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