Head of hot dog and sausage council embraces her meaty title Riley July is National Hot Dog Month, a busy time for Janet Riley, aka the Queen of Wien. As president of the National Hot Dog & Sausage Council, she'll be in demand by food editors and radio DJs. Her motto: "Seize the moment, seize the day and just be clever." During a radio interview in the 1990s, Riley was asked if she was the hot dog queen. Her mock-haughty response: "I prefer to be the Queen of Wien, thank you." And that, Riley said, was "the ticket to all sorts of media interest." Since then she's dished on hot dogs with Martha Stewart, and played along in segments for "The Colbert Report" and… Read More