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Notes from the Burger Underground: Five the Hard Way

Notes from the Burger Underground: Five the Hard Way

Five the Hard Way A Guide to Burger Best Practices The Straight Beef just celebrated its fourth year and 50th official review. Over that time we have compiled some burgiatric wisdom. Restaurateurs and burger...

Notes from the Burger Underground: Los Angeles Times Crowns Winner in Battle of the Burgers

Notes from the Burger Underground: Los Angeles Times Crowns Winner in Battle of the Burgers

Would You Eat It?   The Los Angeles Times has wrapped up its third annual Battle of the Burgers (click link for recipes), crowning five winners from hundreds of entries. Recipes were whittled down...

Work Those Buns!

Work Those Buns!

The Straight Beef’s recent Podcast #4 raised the critical issue of whether or not a patty melt is a legitimate hamburger. The answer to that question hangs on one’s belief in the importance of...

Notes from the Burger Underground

Notes from the Burger Underground

Classic Drive-In Cooking Sometimes you can’t get out to a restaurant when the burger craving hits. The Straight Beef feels your pain. Here, then, is your guide to making classic drive-in and diner style...

Notes from the Burger Underground

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...