How many cows does it take to make a burger? No, this isn't a fun riddle — it's a genuine question that doesn't have as clear of an answer as you might like. When you sink your teeth into a juicy ...

McDonald's ranks as an OG, an iconic part of the cultural zeitgeist in the fast food industry, if you will. For as much as we beg for and appreciate the minor innovations made by McDonald's over the ...

Paid content is paid for and controlled by an advertiser and produced by the Guardian Labs team. When it comes to the food industry, urban legends abound. Here, we examine some widely shared, but ...

A few sources claim to have invented the hamburger. Some trace its origins to Roman times, based on Isicia Omentata, a dish of minced meat and spices formed into a patty and fried. Hamburgers might ...

Southern California’s culinary story is written with the legend of the cheeseburger, with its supposed birth at Pasadena’s Rite Spot in 1924 being a point of local pride. However, in our current ...