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Another Slider Misnomer on 'Chopped'

For almost its entire existence, a hamburger has meant ground beef served on a bun. To admit ground beef on toast as a hamburger is to make the idea of a "hamburger" so loose, so abstract, so semiotically promiscuous...

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20 Comments | Posted by Nick Solares, January 28, 2009 at 11:00 AM
Tagged: Chopped, sliders, Truth Hammer, TV

The Castle Holds Against Heathen Detractors

Photograph from Marshall Astor - Food Pornographer on Flickr Raphael just pointed me to this link and said that maybe it was time to drop the Truth Hammer. I don't know. Witness: Even at $0.64 for a burger I...

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5 Comments | Posted by Adam Kuban, January 6, 2009 at 4:00 PM
Tagged: Truth Hammer, White Castle

BA Foodist Blog Asks: 'Is This NYC's Best Burger?'

BAFoodist Every few weeks, some joker comes along and proclaims he has just eaten "New York City's best new burger." This time it's Andrew Knowlton, of Bon Appétit magazine [emphasis, mine]: [Bobo chef Patrick] Connolly takes D'Artagnan ground beef...

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3 Comments | Posted by Adam Kuban, October 17, 2008 at 4:00 PM
Tagged: best-of lists, Bobo, Bon Appétit, fancy-pants burgers, Listburg, Manhattan, NYC, NYC's best new burger again, Truth Hammer, West Village

A Mini Hamburger Is Not a Slider

Photograph by Nick "Beef Aficionado" Solares I have a couple pet peeves. Scratch that. I have a lot of them. And the New York Times just poked at one. Previewing tomorrow's food section coverage, the Diner's Journal blog foreshadows...

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22 Comments | Posted by Adam Kuban, July 15, 2008 at 3:06 PM
Tagged: New York Times, rants, sliders, tiny hamburgers, Truth Hammer