Monday, September 23, 2013

Hemingway's Hamburger

Writing at The Paris Review, Cheryl Lu-Lien Tan makes a valiant effort to re-create Ernest Hemingway's perfect hamburger. She includes the full recipe. An excerpt to whet your appetite:

As both a food writer and Hemingway acolyte, I had long been aware of his immense appetites—for life, adventure, drink, and a good meal. So it wasn’t surprising that one line in this article should strike me: “The more mundane, like his instructions to the household staff, including how to prepare his hamburgers: ground beef, onions, garlic, India relish, and capers, cooked so the edges were crispy but the center red and juicy.” Hemingway’s idea of a perfect hamburger? I had to try it.

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