Dunedin's titi hot dog with horopito pickled onions and manuka smoked chilli relish came out of some brainstorming sessions about portraying Dunedin in a different light not as ''old and staid''. So they played around with the idea of the hot dog and then began thinking about Dunedin's mixed cultural influences. It was later in the piece that they realised the obvious connection with Emerson's Bird Dog which was inspired by the Verlaines' none-too-serious outlook on life. He created Bird Dog India Pale Ale, a tribute to their album Bird Dog. Dunedin’s entry in Savoir Faire, a literary cookbook spearheaded by Dunedin Unesco City of Literature.

Source: Otago Daily Times July 25, 2017 18:22 UTC