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Hamburger Heaven

As summer arrives, backyard barbecues get fired up for one of America’s most quintessential foods:  the hamburger.  Dave Graulich, author of The Hamburger Companion : All About The Foods We Love To Eat--With A Side Of Guilt, is an expert on some of our guiltiest pleasures, including the beloved hamburger.  He cooks up some hamburger history,…

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By Evan Kleiman • May 12, 2014 • 1 min read

As summer arrives, backyard barbecues get fired up for one of America’s most quintessential foods: the hamburger. Dave Graulich, author of The Hamburger Companion: All About The Foods We Love To Eat--With A Side Of Guilt, is an expert on some of our guiltiest pleasures, including the beloved hamburger. He cooks up some hamburger history, chronicling the rise of its popularity in our country, his thoughts about gourmet burgers and the heavy hitters in Los Angeles, from In ‘N Out to Tommy’s.

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