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The Fried-Onion Burger

The Fried-Onion Burger

The Fried-Onion Burger excerpted from The Great American Burger Book: How to Make Authentic Regional Hamburgers at Home by George Motz. Photography by George Motz.

The Great American Burger Book: How to Make Authentic Regional Hamburgers at Home by George Motz

The Great American Burger Book was the first book to showcase a wide range of regional burger styles and cooking methods. In this new, expanded edition, author and burger expert George Motz covers traditional grilling techniques as well as how to smoke, steam, poach, smash, and deep-fry burgers based on signature recipes from around the country.

Each chapter is dedicated to a specific regional burger, and includes the history of the method and details on how to create your own piece of American food history right at home. Written by Motz, the author of Hamburger America and hailed by the New York Times as a “leading authority” on hamburgers, The Great American Burger Book is a regional tour of America’s best burgers. (more…)