Notes from the Burger Underground
I want fries with that! There are two key tomes in the canon of hamburger lore, both published in 2005. It was a banner year for hamburger research. George Motz produced his highly regarded...
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Burger, with everything
For writer Duncan Murrell, a burger is memory. “What is it we remember when we remember a hamburger? We remember what we were doing and where we were, and how it felt to be...
Ask the Burgiatrist
Dear Ask the Burgiatrist: First, I respectfully request absolute confidentiality. The predicament I am about to set forth is of a most personal nature, and I would be mortified were it to be made...
2012: The Year in Burgiatry
As we nibble the last french fry of 2012 and call for the end-of-the year check, we pause for a moment of reflection—on the great burgers, on the not-so-great burgers, on the momentous...
There’s a McDifference #5
There’s a McDifference! 3810 Lake Boone Trail, Raleigh (just off I-440) Our senior McDonald’s beat writer Dave Foley is back with his oft-debated hypothesis that if you look closely enough, each Mickey D’s is...
Review #37 – Yard House (Raleigh, NC)
“All during the 45-minute wait for a table I was certain that a staff member would spot my LL Bean Relaxed Fit jeans and rat me out as the suburbanite among the pretty people. I had...
Travel Channel green-lights “Burger Land,” an exploration of America’s great burger joints with George Motz
The Travel Channel has approved 11 episodes of “Burger Land,” George Motz’s exploration of classic hamburger joints in America. Here’s the quote from the Travel Channel: Host George Motz, author of the popular book,...
The Straight Beef Inducts Two New Members
On the heels of news that Straight Beef founding member John McManus has been dishonorably banned from all burger-related activities due to the willing consumption of a veggie burger, the nation’s premier burger-reviewing group...
This Just In!
MCMANUS CAUGHT EATING VEGGIE BURGER, IS DISHONORABLY DISCHARGED FROM THE STRAIGHT BEEF Cofounder of premier burger-reviewing group ‘deeply sorry’ for ‘failure’ that hurt family, friends Following allegations of an illicit relationship with a vegetable-based...
Alton Brown puts the world’s most expensive burger to the test
Reviews are just one facet of The Straight Beef. We are also dedicated to keeping our readers and viewers abreast of the latest burger news and information. In this segment from 20/20, Alton Brown...