Product Description

Americans are bonkers for burgers, eating about 38 billion annually. From fast-food beginnings at diners and drive-ins, where they were served with the mandatory fries and shake, hamburgers have risen to the ranks of haute cuisine, and now appear on the menus of the poshest dining rooms stuffed with foie gras and black truffles. Today's burger can be tailored to any taste. Besides the classic beef patty, Burgers Every Way offers such delectable variations as Grilled Ground Lamb with Cucumber Yogurt Sauce on Toasted Whole Wheat Pita, Pan-Fried Smoked Trout with Horseradish Mayo and Jicama Carrot Slaw on a Poppy Seed Bun, and that ever popular kid favorite, the Pizza Burger. To accompany the different burgers, the book includes recipes for tasty condiments and side dishes such as Monster Fries, Vegetable Chips, Pineapple Chutney, Peanut Sauce, and Mango Slushies.

With recipes for burgers made from veal, lamb, pork, poultry, fish, vegetables, and, of course, beef, Burgers Every Way celebrates the iconic sandwich in all its ground-up, char-grilled glory.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #910644 in Books
• Published on: 2004-04-01
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Hardcover
• 96 pages

From Publishers Weekly
Just in time for summer eating, Bloom, a contributor to Parents magazine, takes to the grill this refreshingly simple and varied selection of burger recipes. After giving a brief history of the burger (White Castle Hamburgers was founded in 1921, and is "the oldest continuously operating burger chain"), she prepares the home cook with instructions on food safety ("don’t use sauce that was used to marinate raw meat"; "cook ground meat to at least 160F") and essential equipment (basically a grill or a heavy steel pan and mixing bowls). Bloom serves up Pesto Burgers with Chopped Arugula and Yellow Tomato Salad. But it’s her non-beef burgers that truly inspire. She offers recipes for turkey (Curry in a Hurry Burgers, served with a Pineapple Chutney on naan bread); pork (Pork Burgers with Smoked Cheddar and Hot Peppers; and seafood (Big Kahuna Tuna Burgers). Arguing that a burger is still a burger even if it doesn’t contain meat, Bloom suggests Feijoada Black Bean Burgers or Falafel with Herbed Cucumber Yogurt. In the end, however, nothing tops Bloom’s All-American Beef Burgers, served with beefsteak tomatoes, Vidalia onions, homemade ketchup and Monster Fries.
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About the Author
EMILY HAFT BLOOM is a freelance journalist and regular contributor to Parents magazine. She lives in Chappaqua, New York, with her husband and two sons, all enthusiastic burger eaters. Burgers Every Way is her first book. TINA RUPP is a New York-based photographer specializing in food and children. She regularly contributes to Food & Wine, Martha Stewart Living, Real Simple, Oprah, and Child Magazine. She has also shot several cookbooks.

Customer Reviews

** RIP - OFF !!! **
this book is ok, but it's a weak ripoff of The Great Big Burger Book, which is also 100 recipes, all kinds of meat and fish, etc but the first one is a much better book, easier to reproduce.

Burger Menu Blast
What is so nice about this offering is that each recipe has a suggested menu including drink, which is really unique. All the fixings are included and go so well. There is also great color photos as well as prep and equipment, etc.

It is organized by major burger ingredient, i.e. beef, lamb, seafood, poultry, etc.

Standouts include: "Curry in a Hurry Burgers" "Blue Bird Burgers" (chicken with blue cheese with a delicious Blue Onion Sauce) Mediterranean Burgers (with figs and lamb and saffron and Saffron Sauce) Tropical Swordfish Burgers.

There is even a great Kid-Friendly Section, knowing that kids can be picky eaters at times in their lives.

One hundred ideas to spice up the burger life of any cook.

a perfect gift for a summer weekend
I brought a copy of this book to a friend's house at the beach and he used it countless times in one weekend. We made lamb burgers, salmon burgers, mango smoothies, iced tea, three pepper slaw, corn relish and even that heavenly dessert burger which was a perfect end to a summer bbq. The menus make planning a meal a no-brainer, from appetizers to condiments. This book is lovely to look at, easy to use and the only book you need for the beach house! I will bring it to every summer party or weekend away this summer. Substantial enough to be a gift but practical too. Heartily recommended for the amateur and the pro.