The Golden Spurtle, Constantine Costi’s documentary about Carrbridge’s annual porridge-making championship, captures a modest yet satisfying community spirit much like the dish itself.
After wasting the summer nights away, we'd order shakes and fries and pancakes. Stimulated by high school parties and close encounters with our crushes, we'd pool a pile of bills and coins on the table before heading back to the isolation of our cold suburban bedrooms.
Despite being sausages dipped in batter, the Korean hot dog version usually doesn't use cornmeal. And Korean hot dogs are so much more than the relatively narrow idea we have of American corn dogs.