![Burger Burger](http://www.jamesbeard.org/sites/default/files/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/burger_1_large.jpg)
When you light your grill this holiday weekend, throw on
James Beard’s version of the classic hamburger. In
American Cookery (1972) he wrote, "I learned this recipe years ago from a magnificent cook named Jeanne Owen, who wrote deliciously about food and cooked even better than she wrote."