Motz is the pre-eminent expert on the history of the American hamburger and a scholar of different regional burger styles and their cultural significance. His 2004 documentary “Hamburger America” was made as a side project, but it went on to spawn books about burgers, a TV show about burgers, magazine spreads about burgers, a YouTube series about burgers and, coming, maybe, in July, a burger restaurant in the Lower East Side. This week, a revised and expanded edition of his 2016 regional cookbook called “The Great American Burger Book” is also being released. So let’s start some beef!

Brooklyn news and views you can use: bkmag.com

Email: [email protected]

Follow along on Facebook: Brooklyn Magazine

Twitter: @brooklynmag

Instagram: @brooklynmagazine

Follow Brian Braiker on Twitter: @slarkpope