Contest promises volume, if not a lesson in manners

So you watched the July Fourth Coney Island hot dog-eating contest, and now you think you can eat? Here's your chance: Competitive eaters, those with stomachs of steel, come to East Boston Saturday for what organizers call the world's only Italian sausage-eating contest. (Full article: 353 words)

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