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An Orthodox Jew combines a love of music with a living in hot dogs.

A punk rocker drives a tour bus to Walla Walla wine country and goes rogue.

A garlic farmer eats enough raw cloves to perfume his sweat, but not enough to repel vampires.

A French innkeeper serves a version of pork and beans as old as the crusades.

A champion of heritage breed pigs with a radical idea of eating local gets a punch in the snout.

Food writer Mark Brown eats and drinks his fill, then regurgitates it for posterity and enlightenment. Historical, anecdotal, poetical, and even a little edible, My Mother is A Chicken will reorder the pantry of your mind.