A Little Treatise on the Burger

Everyone's talking about it and eating it, but who really knows the burger? For the first time, an author traces the true history of the burger, from its origins to the present day. With references and citations to back it up, Pierre Leclercq Step by step, reconstruct the adventure of the burger around the world. For it is indeed an adventure, with its preliminary attempts, its successes, its excesses, its global triumph, its staunch supporters and its fierce enemies. Such a development could not fail to lead to legends, myths, and innovations more or less claimed, which the author expertly dissects to establish the truth. By placing the burger within its various socio-economic contexts and following its evolution in line with the development of animal husbandry, the agri-food industry, technologies, sales methods, and culinary trends, Pierre Leclercq describes what is often an overlooked aspect of food history. The burger could not have achieved such global success without a strong capacity for adaptation to national specificities, as evidenced by the fifty or so recipes presented here, from all eras and all continents. 

The history of the burger, from its origins to the 21st century, reconstructing its first attempts, its successes, its excesses, and the global success of this dish, which the author examines by placing it in its various socio-economic contexts and following its evolution according to livestock farming, the agri-food industry, and culinary trends. With around fifty recipes from around the world. Published by Le Sureau Editions.