Journal

In the Kitchen

Why We Cut Our Fries by Hand Every Morning

There's a sound a whole potato makes when it hits the cutter, and around here we hear it a lot. Every fry that leaves this kitchen started as a real russet that somebody

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The Craft

What Actually Happens When You Smash a Burger

A smash burger isn't a gimmick and it isn't about being fancy. It's chemistry. When we press a loose ball of beef onto a screaming hot flat-top, all that surface area mee

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Down-Home Notes

The Honest Truth About Hand-Breading Onion Rings

Sweet onions, cut thick, separated into rings by hand, and breaded one batch at a time. It is messy work and your fingers end up wearing half the batter, but a hand-bread

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