The Burger Meisters: America's Best Chefs Give Their Recipes for America's Best Burgers Plus the Fixin's

by Marcel Desaulniers

Book Overview

"Winner of the James Beard Award for Best Cookbook on a Single Subject" "Never again will a burger be just a burger." That's what one reviewer in the "World of Cookbooks" newsletter wrote about these extraordinary, mouth-ravishing, soul-satisfying, deliciously tempting versions of America's favorite food. From a Classic Grilled Hamburger on a toasted homemade bun to a fabulous southwestern Chili Grill Burger with spicy Chipotle Mayonnaise to Shrimp...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0671865382
• ISBN13: 9780671865382
• Release Date: June 1994
• Publisher: Simon & Schuster
• Length: 144 Pages
• Weight: 1.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 9.3" x 9.4"

Customer Reviews

Not Your Conventional Burger!

Death By Chocolate author, Marcel Desaulniers outdoes himself with this compendium of the world's most tempting and simple meal--the burger. In this 100+ page volume, 47 Culinary Institute of America chefs collaborate to provide burgers and accoutrements for whatever suits your personal fancy. Want a tuna burger?--no problem--and boy, is it tasty and easy to create! A regional specialty? Choose between such savories as a Mediterreanean Lamb Burger or a Wisconsin Camp-fire Burger. Creativity spans the food spectrum from the conventional Bistro Burger to the more flamboyant Duck Burger. Full color pages make your selections easier to make. You really cannot go wrong with this book!

Mouth Watering Bugers to Meister

Marcel turns out just fantastic cookbooks. Having enjoyed each of his immensely, I couldn't wait to try these out. Had trouble securing the book, but let me tell you, it was worth it.This is an incredible selection of creative burgers plus all the accompaniaments from renown CIA grads. The burgers are made from not only beef or pork or veal, but also shrimp and fish and crab and mushrooms and chocolate.The fixin's include all kinds of fries: potato and onion, and slaws and salads, and sauces and desserts, etc.This is as all Marcels well illustrated with photos and hints on purchase of exotic supplies, suggested accompanying drinks, sources, techniques, etc.Not enough time yet to try all, but the Duck Burger with Wild Rice Buns, Carmelized Sliced Onions and Tarragon Mushrooms was soooo good! You'll enjoy this one with all your friends around the grill!

Burger Meisters

If you want to experiment with some delicious and even very unique burger recipes this is a worthwhile purchase. All the recipes are listed with the chef that created them and what restaurant that chef is from which makes for some interesting reading. There are quite a few pictures but not every recipe has one. These are not all beef burgers either, I would say about half of them are made from fish, pork, veal or chicken. The only thing I don't like is that for many of the "non-beef" recipes they tell you to grind up the meat using this or that kind of grinding attachment - I personally do not own a meat grinder so I am hoping chopping it up fine by another method will be comparable. There are some more exotic ingredients called for too, but at least they tell you where you can find it (a lot of items found at Asian markets are used). They also make a lot of side notes for you regarding the recipes. Another neat aspect of the book is that they give you the recipes for the bread/buns used for each burger if you want to make them from scratch to get the whole "flavor effect". Each burger recipe includes recipes for side dishes that go well with it whether they are salads, potatoes or vegetables. This is a great book to add to your collection if you enjoy burgers and want to be a little adventerous!

Fabulous Burgers

This cookbook has been awarded the James Beard Foundation award for best cookbook on a single subject. It is very clear why it has been given this honor! After enjoying other cookbooks by Marcel Desaulniers and wanting to find a new twist on the burger I decided to purchase this book. I am not sorry! It is fantastic! It is a compilation of recipes gathered from gradutes of the CIA. Loaded with photos and tips boxes that provide helpful hints for substitutions and preparation. It includes recipes for several salads (marinated caluiflower, creamy mustard dill potato), relishes, variations on potato sides (shoestring, cheese fries, grilled yukon golds), spreads, pastes, mayos, breads and buns. All for the burger-- of which there are many to choose from! Including, bistro sytle stuffed with goat cheese, the good ol' american burger, turkey and pork based burgers as well as fish (tuna, cod and salmon) burgers. All look fantastic! I have tried the blues burger stuffed with blue cheese and basted in BBQ sauce. Both my husband and I enjoyed it. If you have been looking to spice up your burgers- this is the cookbook for you!