KOBAYASHI GANBATTE! The Nathan's Famous Wall of Fame before the commencement of today's hot-dog-eating contest. Slice was on hand as records were broken and history made, as Kobayashi "The Tsunami" Takeru broke his 2002 record of 50.5 hot dogs with 53.5. Sonya "The Black Widow" Thomas kicked major ass, downing 32. Not only would the founding fathers never have imagined pizza, they definitely would not have thought that, 228 years after the Declaration of Independence was signed, we, their progeny, would be gorging ourselves with hot dogs on the nation's birthday. If they're turning in their graves, so be it.... More

Editor's note: From time to time, Slice correspondents leave New York City. When they do, they always bring back the lowdown on New York–style pizza in other parts. Here is the second and final part of E-Rock's Sin City chronicles. Read Part One here. Fear and Loathing: Pizza in Las Vegas? Meaningless Streets: From a banner-laden "Brooklyn Bridge" to a half-ass "Grand Central" to a street-scene food court area, Las Vegas's New York New-York Hotel & Casino is a mishmash mock-up of an imaginary Manhattan. Whenever I talked pizza with my New York co-workers in Vegas (which happened more than... More

Editor's note: From time to time, Slice correspondents leave New York City. When they do, they always bring back the lowdown on New York–style pizza in other parts. Here, Slice roving reporter E-Rock chronicles his recent trip to Sin City. His multipart dispatch coincidentally coincides with the New York Times's own weeklong series on America's City of Lights. Fear and Loathing: Pizza in Las Vegas? THOSE WERE THE DAYS: A photograph of a bygone Vegas. Some people might think Slice staffers have it easy, living the high life, eating every day at Patsy's and Tottono's. We do ride in those... More

If New Jersey is the sixth boro, then Florida must surely be New York City's seventh. That being the case, I assume there are plenty of New Yorkers, perhaps some of our readers, who might recommend a pizzeria or two for me to try while I'm down there for X-mas.I'll be in the West Palm Beach/Wellington area, with a small side trip to Orlando to ride Mission:SPACE at EPCOT.That also means that Slice will be on a limited publishing schedule while I'm out of town. But don't worry: I'll use the week to add some new features to the site.... More