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ShakeShack Presents the Uber-Burger

Everyone loves to sit in Madison Square Park and grin at the city spinning around them. It’s an old fact. Everyone loves Shake Shack. Another aging fact.   Everyone grumbles about the line. Also a fact. The hamburgers are delicious. Fact again. The towering mountain of meat, cheese and deep fried mushrooms known as the “Shack [...]

France Falls to the Power of the American Sandwich

Finally, France has fallen to the power of the sandwich: the great American hamburger. A few silly inconsistencies (improvements?):

 ”nine out of 10 people use knife and fork.”
“Ketchup does not automatically come with a burger. If requested, it may appear in a porcelain bowl.”
“She’s kneaded a mixture of chopped sun-dried tomatoes and tangy cornichons and capers [...]

Paul’s Palace of DISGRACE

Pauls Palace (131 2nd Ave, NY, NY) is one of those places near St.Marks that has so much flair on the outside you always walk past thinking “Dear god, what self-respecting burger joint would put a huge fake burger on the sidewalk?” And then one Sunday you wake up starving and think “I’d kill [...]

Burger Time-Out!

If only they could call sandwich time-outs in professional sports. Who really cares if mr.athlete hurts himself on the field? I’d rather know what kinds of delicious sandwiches all those millions can buy. “Time out! Time out! I need a kobe beef burger, medium rare, with truffles in the chuck and some caviar on top. [...]

Guacamole Burger Deliciousness

Inspired by the Bittman article on burgers, I set out to see if I could improve on the boredom of the annual summer burger frenzy.
Here’s a tasty burger recipe to help save everyone from one boring chewy burger after another:

homemade Guacamole (avocado, cilantro, tomato, lemon juice, onions, pepper & salt)
85% ground beef (the more [...]