Steve Dolinsky
{{short description|American journalist}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Steve Dolinsky
| birth_date = {{Birth-date and age|1968}}
| birth_place = St. Cloud, Minnesota, U.S.
| occupation = Food & Travel Journalist
| years_active = 1990–present
| alma_mater = University of Wisconsin–Madison
| known_for = food reporting on WLS-TV as "Hungry Hound" (2003-2021) and WMAQ-TV as "The Food Guy" (2021-present)
| spouse = Amy Dordek (present)
}}
Steve Dolinsky (born 1968) is an American television, radio, print, and podcast food and travel reporter. He has reported as “Hungry Hound”{{cite web|title=Hungry Hound page|url=http://abc7chicago.com/hungryhound/|website=ABC7Chicago.com|publisher=WLS-TV|accessdate=4 March 2018}} on ABC 7 (Chicago) from 2003 to 2021{{cite web|last1=Dolinsky|first1=Steve|title=editor|url=http://www.stevedolinsky.com/about|website=SteveDolinsky.com|publisher=Steve Dolinsky|accessdate=4 March 2018}} and as "The Food Guy" on NBC 5 (Chicago) from 2021 to present.{{cite news|last1=Feder|first1=Robert |title=Steve Dolinsky makes reservation with NBC 5 as 'The Food Guy'|url=https://www.robertfeder.com/2021/08/02/steve-dolinsky-makes-reservation-nbc-5-food-guy/|newspaper=Daily Herald|publisher=Daily Herald Media Group|date=August 2, 2021|accessdate=August 3, 2021}} He also submits food reports for Public Radio International’s “The World” and is co-host with Rick Bayless and producer of The Feed Podcast. He is the author of a guide to Chicago pizza titled Pizza City, USA, which was published by Northwestern University Press in 2018.{{cite web|last1=staff writer|title=press catalog|url=http://www.nupress.northwestern.edu/content/pizza-city-usa|website=Northwestern University Press|publisher=Northwestern University Press|accessdate=29 April 2019}} The book challenges the perception that the favorite and most common pizza in Chicago is deep-dish style pizza.{{cite web |last1=Ihnat |first1=Gwen |title=Deep dish is not the pizza of choice for most Chicagoans |url=https://thetakeout.com/chicago-style-pizza-deep-dish-tavern-steve-dolinsky-1830006453 |website=TheTakeout.com |date=26 October 2018 |publisher=The Takeout |accessdate=29 April 2019}}
Early life
Dolinsky was born in 1968 in St. Cloud, Minnesota and raised in a kosher household.{{cite news|last1=Kogan|first1=Rick|title=Steve Dolinsky remains as hungry a hound as ever|url=http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/ct-steve-dolinsky-hungry-hound-chicago-ae-0612-20160609-column.html|accessdate=4 March 2018|work=Chicago Tribune|issue=June 9, 2016|publisher=TRONC|date=June 9, 2016}} He earned a BA in Journalism and History at the University of Wisconsin–Madison.
Honors
Dolinsky has been recognized twelve times with the James Beard Foundation Award for excellence in cuisine, culinary writing, and culinary education in the United States.
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Category:American food writers
Category:People from St. Cloud, Minnesota