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The Book of Burger
Rachael Ray, #1 New York Times bestselling author and media mogul, offers up the ultimate burger book. The Book of Burger is filled with over 300 recipes for burgers, sliders, sides, sloppies, hot dogs, sandwiches, sauces, toppings and more.
The Queen of Burgers has drawn together her tastiest recipes for the ultimate between-the-buns experience. Whether you're cooking for one or for one hundred in your own backyard burger bash, The Book of Burger has you covered for bringing family and friends together for the love of burgers! Please 'em all—big and small—with everything from burgers to sandwiches, hot dogs, fries, sliders, and sloppies, and so much more.
Start with Rach's “Big Spicy Mac,” tempting you from the cover, or go with the heavenly French Onion Burgers. And if beef isn't your thing, there are plenty of chicken, pork, salmon, veggie, and lamb patties. Want a mind-blowing sandwich? Whip up the BEST one Rachael has ever the 7-Hour Smoked Brisket Sandwich with Smoky BBQ Sauce. Rachael even shares her legendary pickle recipe and her own homemade burger blend. Want a fun, cute, tasty bite-size treat to pass around? Rachael is slider obsessed and you will be, try the Mexican Pulled Pork Sliders.
Rachael's friends from the New York and South Beach Wine & Food Festivals' Burger Bashes also contribute their award-winning recipes, including Bobby Flay's Louisiana Burger and Masaharu Morimoto's Kakuni Burger.
Twelve original videos (accessible by scanning QR codes) make The Book of Burger a truly multimedia experience and a smart book that celebrates the infinite possibilities of everybody's favorite food.
The Queen of Burgers has drawn together her tastiest recipes for the ultimate between-the-buns experience. Whether you're cooking for one or for one hundred in your own backyard burger bash, The Book of Burger has you covered for bringing family and friends together for the love of burgers! Please 'em all—big and small—with everything from burgers to sandwiches, hot dogs, fries, sliders, and sloppies, and so much more.
Start with Rach's “Big Spicy Mac,” tempting you from the cover, or go with the heavenly French Onion Burgers. And if beef isn't your thing, there are plenty of chicken, pork, salmon, veggie, and lamb patties. Want a mind-blowing sandwich? Whip up the BEST one Rachael has ever the 7-Hour Smoked Brisket Sandwich with Smoky BBQ Sauce. Rachael even shares her legendary pickle recipe and her own homemade burger blend. Want a fun, cute, tasty bite-size treat to pass around? Rachael is slider obsessed and you will be, try the Mexican Pulled Pork Sliders.
Rachael's friends from the New York and South Beach Wine & Food Festivals' Burger Bashes also contribute their award-winning recipes, including Bobby Flay's Louisiana Burger and Masaharu Morimoto's Kakuni Burger.
Twelve original videos (accessible by scanning QR codes) make The Book of Burger a truly multimedia experience and a smart book that celebrates the infinite possibilities of everybody's favorite food.
336 pages, Paperback
First published May 8, 2012
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About the author
Rachael Ray
83 books296 followersRachael Domenica Ray is an American cook, television personality, businesswoman, and author. She hosted the syndicated daily talk and lifestyle program Rachael Ray. Other programs to her credit include 30 Minute Meals, Rachael Ray's Tasty Travels, $40 a Day, Rachael Ray's Week in a Day, and the reality format shows Rachael vs. Guy: Celebrity Cook-Off and Rachael Ray's Kids Cook-Off. Ray has written several cookbooks based on the 30 Minute Meals concept, and launched a magazine, Every Day with Rachael Ray, in 2006. Ray's television shows have won three Daytime Emmy Awards.
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October 16, 2012
If you are looking for some variety with your burgers, Rachel Ray has the book for you. After a brief introduction to burgers as well as her preferred meat blend, it is on to the recipes in this book published last June. While there are recipes for outside grilling, Rachel Ray thinks of burgers as a year around deal. The Book Of Burger isn’t just about burgers, despite the title.
The book opens with a section titled “Burgers” made of beef¸ veal, pork, chicken, veggies and other things. The section starts with “Big Beef Burgers with Crunchy Sour Cream Onion Rings (pages 4-6). This one serves four and features onion rings on top of a hamburger topped off with lettuce and red ranch dressing. “Chili Mac ’N’ Cheese Burgers” (pages 12-13), “Bloody Mary Cheeseburgers” (page 31), as well as “The Ultimate Salami Burgers” (page 52-53) among others are in this section.
Unfortunately, there is no nutritional information on the recipes as well as very few pictures. Tips, suggestions, and information in small text notes with or without small icons is present and plentiful. The Book Of Burger is billed as an “Atria Smart Book” and features active links to information online as well as images that can be scanned by smart phones to release still more information. The active links were not explored and this reviewer does not have a smart phone so those images were not explored either.
The next section begins on page 128 and is “Sliders” primarily featuring, beef and pork. There is one recipe using lamb as well as several recipes for chicken and turkey sliders and two featuring seafood. Also included here is further evidence this book is not just about burgers as there are recipes for “Bourbon /Barbeque Sliced Steak Sliders” (page 139), “Green and Red Chili Nacho Sliders” (pages 144-145) and “Sliced Steak Soft Taco Sliders with Guaca-Salsa” (pages 154-155) among others.
This leads into the next section that further goes away from the title of the book. “Sandwiches and Dogs” begins on page 174 and features subs and hoagies as well as sorts of dogs and sausages. Here are recipes for “Albondigas Subs: Spicy Spanish Meatball Subs” (page 186-187), “Bourbon BBQ Pulled Chicken Sandwiches and Green Apple Slaw” (pages 192-193) and “Cubano Dogs” (page 199) among others.
While nearly every dish in this book is going to be some potential sloppy eating, “Sloppies” is the title of the next section. Whether it be “Philly Cheesesteak Sloppy Joes” (page 216-217) “Sloppy Dawgs” (page 227), or “Sloppy Veg-Head Joes with Beans” (page 236-237) among others, the mess they make is the theme here.
Of course you need “Sides and Sauces” because anything regular will not do. Starting on page 240 along with various recipes for French fries and tater tots there are several recipes for potato salads of different types and ones for onion rings, devil eggs, and pickles. Not to mention several for ketchups, dips, and gravies.
A final chapter “Burger Bash” features recipes from famous and therefore well-known chefs such as Bobby Flay, Marc Murphy and others.
The Book Of Burger closes with a sixteen page index.
An interesting cookbook that features variety and not just with burgers. You can use this book to make things as simple or as complicated as possible. Some toppings are for more complicated and will take far longer to create than others. The Book Of Burger, despite its name, goes far beyond burgers and thus will have appeal outside the demographic related to its title. A lack of nutritional information and pictures are a definite negative and rather surprising considering her frequent comments promoting healthy eating on her TV show.
The Book Of Burger
Rachel Ray
http://rachelray.com
Photographs by Romulo Yanes
Atria Paperback (Simon & Schuster)
http://www.SimonandSchuster.com
June 2012
ISBN# 978-1-4516-5969-6
Paperback (also available as e-book)
324 Pages
$24.99
Material supplied by the good folks of the Plano, Texas Public Library System.
Kevin R. Tipple ©2012
The book opens with a section titled “Burgers” made of beef¸ veal, pork, chicken, veggies and other things. The section starts with “Big Beef Burgers with Crunchy Sour Cream Onion Rings (pages 4-6). This one serves four and features onion rings on top of a hamburger topped off with lettuce and red ranch dressing. “Chili Mac ’N’ Cheese Burgers” (pages 12-13), “Bloody Mary Cheeseburgers” (page 31), as well as “The Ultimate Salami Burgers” (page 52-53) among others are in this section.
Unfortunately, there is no nutritional information on the recipes as well as very few pictures. Tips, suggestions, and information in small text notes with or without small icons is present and plentiful. The Book Of Burger is billed as an “Atria Smart Book” and features active links to information online as well as images that can be scanned by smart phones to release still more information. The active links were not explored and this reviewer does not have a smart phone so those images were not explored either.
The next section begins on page 128 and is “Sliders” primarily featuring, beef and pork. There is one recipe using lamb as well as several recipes for chicken and turkey sliders and two featuring seafood. Also included here is further evidence this book is not just about burgers as there are recipes for “Bourbon /Barbeque Sliced Steak Sliders” (page 139), “Green and Red Chili Nacho Sliders” (pages 144-145) and “Sliced Steak Soft Taco Sliders with Guaca-Salsa” (pages 154-155) among others.
This leads into the next section that further goes away from the title of the book. “Sandwiches and Dogs” begins on page 174 and features subs and hoagies as well as sorts of dogs and sausages. Here are recipes for “Albondigas Subs: Spicy Spanish Meatball Subs” (page 186-187), “Bourbon BBQ Pulled Chicken Sandwiches and Green Apple Slaw” (pages 192-193) and “Cubano Dogs” (page 199) among others.
While nearly every dish in this book is going to be some potential sloppy eating, “Sloppies” is the title of the next section. Whether it be “Philly Cheesesteak Sloppy Joes” (page 216-217) “Sloppy Dawgs” (page 227), or “Sloppy Veg-Head Joes with Beans” (page 236-237) among others, the mess they make is the theme here.
Of course you need “Sides and Sauces” because anything regular will not do. Starting on page 240 along with various recipes for French fries and tater tots there are several recipes for potato salads of different types and ones for onion rings, devil eggs, and pickles. Not to mention several for ketchups, dips, and gravies.
A final chapter “Burger Bash” features recipes from famous and therefore well-known chefs such as Bobby Flay, Marc Murphy and others.
The Book Of Burger closes with a sixteen page index.
An interesting cookbook that features variety and not just with burgers. You can use this book to make things as simple or as complicated as possible. Some toppings are for more complicated and will take far longer to create than others. The Book Of Burger, despite its name, goes far beyond burgers and thus will have appeal outside the demographic related to its title. A lack of nutritional information and pictures are a definite negative and rather surprising considering her frequent comments promoting healthy eating on her TV show.
The Book Of Burger
Rachel Ray
http://rachelray.com
Photographs by Romulo Yanes
Atria Paperback (Simon & Schuster)
http://www.SimonandSchuster.com
June 2012
ISBN# 978-1-4516-5969-6
Paperback (also available as e-book)
324 Pages
$24.99
Material supplied by the good folks of the Plano, Texas Public Library System.
Kevin R. Tipple ©2012
August 11, 2012
I am in love with Rachael Ray. I used to think she was cute and I liked to watch her cook and I liked her food but her persona annoyed me. I put the television on mute and just watched her go in the kitchen. But then - I got to go to a book signing and discussion. And she really is funny, and smart, and cool, and laid back and not cutesy at all which surprised me and me love her more. And that girl can cook a burger.
July 7, 2012
I like Rachael Ray as a food personality but I am not a huge fan of her recipes. This book is nice for her section on side dishes and alternative burgers.
January 27, 2018
Pictures of Recipes? Most, but not all.
Commentary on Recipes? None.
Nutrition Facts? No.
Recipe style? Virtually any kind of burger-based food you could dream of.
Any keepers? A few, but some call for more effort than I'm willing to put into a burger.
Commentary on Recipes? None.
Nutrition Facts? No.
Recipe style? Virtually any kind of burger-based food you could dream of.
Any keepers? A few, but some call for more effort than I'm willing to put into a burger.
November 9, 2022
I am not typically a Rachael Ray fan. I am positive that I could not be friends with her tv personality, but understand how she could be so beloved by so many. Normally I wouldn't have even grabbed a book with her name on it, but my oldest checked this book out from the library and our family has loved it! We have tried a dozen burger recipes so far and have only had a couple misses (and they weren't terrible or gross, we just have very high standards and thus the couple seemed more basic). I like how the sections are broken down and even includes sliders, hot dogs, sides, and specialty chef burgers. There are so many recipes in this book that we haven't tried. This book could easily live in our kitchen.
July 29, 2013
Well, you don't really "read" a cookbook as much as peruse it and attach yourself to a various recipe or two. All I can say is that--in this case--you also ogle the photos and salivate over the amazing burgers pictured here. The one I really want to try soon is "5-Spice Burgers with Warm Mu-Shu Slaw." Oh me, oh my. Or perhaps the "Cheeseburger Egg Rolls With Russian Dipping sauce." Hohhhhhh! And for those cooks who really just make up their own recipes, I suppose you could experiment enough on your own that you don't need this cookbook. For the rest of us, though, who like to really follow a recipe, there is a wealth of burger ideas here. I'll be buying this eventually, and getting my burger action going. And now, back to those photos...
July 28, 2013
A must-read for summer BBQ-ing! There were a lot of nice looking burger recipes in here! As well as some tasty looking sides and sauces to go with those burgers.
The ones I thought looked the best and would totally try making were:
- French Onion Dip Burgers
- Sauerbraten Burgers
- 5-Spice Burgers with Warm Mu Shu Slaw
- Jerk Burgers
- Brooklyn Beer Chili Sliders
- Fried Chicken and Biscuit Sliders with Smoky Chard
- Sloppy Porchetta (this is in the chapter on sloppy joes, or in Rachel Ray lingo, "Sloppies")
But there were a lot of yummy looking things in here. This book was great to look through because even if I wouldn't have followed her exact recipe for some of them, it gave me lots of ideas.
The ones I thought looked the best and would totally try making were:
- French Onion Dip Burgers
- Sauerbraten Burgers
- 5-Spice Burgers with Warm Mu Shu Slaw
- Jerk Burgers
- Brooklyn Beer Chili Sliders
- Fried Chicken and Biscuit Sliders with Smoky Chard
- Sloppy Porchetta (this is in the chapter on sloppy joes, or in Rachel Ray lingo, "Sloppies")
But there were a lot of yummy looking things in here. This book was great to look through because even if I wouldn't have followed her exact recipe for some of them, it gave me lots of ideas.
December 30, 2015
there were a couple burgers that sounded fantastic (as in I WANT TO MAKE THESE NOW kind of burgers; will update this review when i try them out), but for the most part they were meh burgers that while i'd probably order all of them should i see any in a restaurant, i'm not willing to put in the time to make them.
i liked that the last section had burgers from various chefs (a mix of real restaurant chefs, and celebrity/food network chefs), but was disappointed by the prospect of all of them. none of them excited me, and a number sounded very similar to each other.
i liked that the last section had burgers from various chefs (a mix of real restaurant chefs, and celebrity/food network chefs), but was disappointed by the prospect of all of them. none of them excited me, and a number sounded very similar to each other.
September 3, 2012
This is one of Rachael Ray's best! I was not familiar with her cookbooks before, but love burgers so I picked up a copy and adore it. The photos alone are drool-worthy, and the recipes are for those with all levels of cooking experience. She even has a recipe for her best ever burger, something I have on my must-try list. If you think you know burgers, you have a surprise coming. Don't miss this book.
November 5, 2012
11/3/12
first recipe i did was on pg 20. it's called Grilled Cheese Burgers with Bacon and Tomato. i switched the swiss cheese with provolone, the ground chuck with regular ground beef, the white bread with italian bread, and the dijon mustard with chipotle BBQ sauce. it seems like i changed the entire recipe but i stuck with the seasoning for the burger and the core ingredients. it came out really good. 4 out of 5 stars.
first recipe i did was on pg 20. it's called Grilled Cheese Burgers with Bacon and Tomato. i switched the swiss cheese with provolone, the ground chuck with regular ground beef, the white bread with italian bread, and the dijon mustard with chipotle BBQ sauce. it seems like i changed the entire recipe but i stuck with the seasoning for the burger and the core ingredients. it came out really good. 4 out of 5 stars.
January 25, 2015
This cookbook is a staple in my kitchen. Prior to this book I ate burgers maybe once every three weeks, now I eat them about once a week. There are so many delicious recipes with beef, chicken and turkey. I'm actually gluten free so I always eat my burgers without a bun and these are so tasty I don't feel like I'm missing a thing. In fact, so many of these burgers are so amazing and filling, my family and friends chose to lose the bun too. I highly recommend this cookbook!
February 15, 2013
You will get food poisoning if you follow the cooking instructions in this poor excuse for a cookbook. Shame on you, Ms. Ray for being so completely irresponsible. Ground meats should NEVER EVER be cooked medium rare. More than 100,000 Americans are hospitalized for food poisoning every year in this country, and 3,000 die. And this disgusting book will add to that number.
May 18, 2013
This is one of those books that makes you change your plans for dinner. I'll be making the French onion burger before the week is over and it never occurred to me to make homemade tator tots........but now I know how (recipe pg 250!) should the urge to do so ever arise. :D
July 12, 2013
You will get food poisoning if you follow these recipes. Ms Ray does not know the first thing about food safety. I wonder how many people have been hospitalized after eating one of her horrible recipes. I have absolutely NO respect for her.
July 1, 2012
This will be next to my grill for the summer. I might not like her persona, but her books always include a few recipes that end up in my permanent rotation.
July 4, 2012
Great recipes. Some of them look like lots of fun to make. Great for serving to friends or taking to a pot luck barbecue.
September 11, 2012
Borrowed from the library....
Went and bought 2 days later!
Love the different ideas!
Went and bought 2 days later!
Love the different ideas!
March 22, 2013
Maybe I`m picky, but I like a little patter from my cookbooks, not just the recipes. The Recipes looked good, but details! Give me more information than just the basic how-to.
April 11, 2013
Actually i'm not a huge fan of this book simply because i don't use those dressings and sauces that she purshased from store!!!
I want dressing that i can make it by myself
I want dressing that i can make it by myself
September 22, 2013
This is one of her best!!! Along with 365 no repeats!!!
November 25, 2014
Some really great burger, slider, sloppy joe, and side dish ideas.
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