
Yesterday I had the lovely opportunity of speaking with cookbook author and burger queen
Katie Lee Joel over the phone. She was calling from New York City to set the record straight about her
Burger Bash win.
According to her critics, the
Logan County Burger, which won fair and square, is not a burger at all, but rather a popular sandwich known as a patty melt.

Former
Top Chef hostess and cookbook author
Katie Lee Joel was crowned this year's queen of the
Burger Bash. The event, which was hosted by
Rachael Ray, was a part of the
Food Network's NYC Wine and Food Festival. Joel was the only participating female among the 18 chefs who submitted burgers.

During the
South Beach Festival,
Rachael Ray's Burger Bash is one of the weekend's most coveted tickets. Naturally the event planners decided to recreate the party at the
New York City counterpart. I was lucky (or unlucky — that many burgers made me sick, literally!) enough to attend the party last Friday night.