On Point on Hamburgers
Mar 27, 2008 general food
I had a bit of a driveway moment last night as On Point did an hour long history of the hamburger.
It was mostly because the main guest, Josh Ozersky, the “online food editor for New York Magazine and author of the new book The Hamburger: A History
From his personal choice for the inventor of the hamburger (which is not the 1904 World’s Fair story) to the iconic status surrounding the burger in America they covered quite a bit of ground. They even included the original Big Mac commercial.
He had some serious Jeopardy-style hamburger knowledge and it seems like his book at only 160 pages would be a quick and interesting read if you were so inclined.
I’m not sure if there’s a podcast but you can stream the show on the On Point website here.
Tags: hamburger, hamburgers, josh ozersky, NPR, On Point
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