The hamburger's affordability is a relatively recent development in the food's history. If you're interested in dining as the Romans did, you can find the recipe for isicia omentata online . Fries ...

That's right, the hamburger, arguably the most American of foods, is just another idea we stole from the Romans. Hamburger history is a difficult thing to trace because there are so many legends ...

The hamburger bun did not exist yet, so we used Leni's freshly baked white sandwich bread, sliced thinly to maximize the number of slices, as any enterprising food vendor might.

Ozersky credits Anderson, who started his first hamburger stand in 1916, with creating the modern-day hamburger and having the idea of replacing sandwich bread with specially-designed buns.