Josh ozersky biography

Josh Ozersky is a meat man. Not meat and potatoes, just meat. The kind of guy that ‘meat lovers’ pizzas were invented for. But pizza isn’t Josh’s thing. Burgers are. He’s the author of The Hamburger: a History  and he was in town for a burger demo at the Best of Fall home show.

I asked him if he ever got sick of burgers. The answer was a categorical ‘no’. As proof, he confessed that even though he knew that he was going to dinner at The Greenhouse Tavern the previous night for a meat-tastic feast, he still stopped at Steak ‘n Shake on the way there for a burger. All because he was in the Midwest, and Steak ‘n Shake is one of his favorites.

When I asked him what makes Steak ‘n Shake so good, he averred that ‘It exemplifies everything I believe about hamburgers, it’s inspirational. It’s a single cheese burger with a slice of onion. No mayo, no lettuce, not tomato, and the patty is under 2oz. It’s minimalist, it’s pure, it’s the hamburger equivalent of figs on a plate’.Apart from

Josh Ozersky

Josh Ozersky was Esquire's Food Correspondent and a regular contributor to Esquire.com.

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Joshua Ozersky

Joshua Ozersky

BornAugust 22, 1967 (1967-08-22)
Miami, Florida, U.S.
DiedMay 4, 2015 (2015-05-05) (aged 47)
Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
EducationRutgers University
New York University
Notable awardsJames Beard Award for New York Magazine's Grub Street blog
Spouse
  • Cynthia Kachelmyer

    (m. 1997⁠–⁠2001)​
  • Danit Lidor

    (m. 2010)​
Official website

Joshua Ozersky (August 22, 1967 – May 4, 2015) was an American food writer and historian. He first came to prominence as a founding editor of New York magazine's food blog, Grub Street, for which he received a James Beard Foundation Award (with co-editor Daniel Maurer) in 2008.[1] He was the author of several books, including The Hamburger: A History (2008 ISBN 0-300-11758-2), Colonel Sanders and the American Dream (2003 ISBN 0292723822) and Archie Bunker's America: TV in an Era of Change, 1968–1978 (March 2003 ISBN 0-8093-2507-1). He was E

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