George Motz's Hamburger America

About this episode

Dave Arnold and George Motz discuss the history and significance of burgers in America, along with the revised edition of Hamburger America.

Dave and the gang warm up with a packed week-in-review before George Motz drops by to talk burgers, burger history, and the newly revised Hamburger America . George talks about opening Hamburger America, preserving regional burger traditions, the challenge of recreating historic burgers accurately, and what it means to document 220 of the country’s most essential hamburger spots. A wide-ranging burger conversation with one of the form’s great evangelists. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

People in this episode

Host: Dave Arnold

Guest: George Motz

Topics covered

• burgers
• burger history
• regional burger traditions
• historic burgers
• documenting food culture

Keywords

• burgers
• Hamburger America
• burger history
• regional traditions
• food documentation

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Hamburger America

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