FRANCESCA BOND

News Staff Reporter

G DINING

Imagine being the beef on weck.

At birth, you're a bun with a funny name (kimmelweck) and hairstyle (thick salt and caraway seeds). Then you grow into a full sandwich. Your warm belly is a stack of roast beef, and you develop a bit of a healthy edge with a dollop of horseradish. You're popular, sold at nearly every neighborhood tavern. The growing immigrant City of Buff alo runs on beef on weck.

After a 60-year reign, your little sibling is born. It's beautiful. (So small! So spicy!) The world thinks your sibling, the chicken wing, is a rare culinary achievement. All you can do is watch.

The chicken wing becomes the food served at every neighborhood tavern. The chicken wing is the one who makes it out of your hometown and becomes an interna

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