The Cattle Call – Interview with John Bruno Turiano, Senior Editor/Food Editor, Westchester Magazine

The Cattle Call – All the beef that’s behind the people who make & connect us to the Burgerverse.

John Bruno Turiano is senior editor responsible for all dining coverage at the monthly lifestyle publication Westchester Magazine; he has also written freelance for Zagat since 2004. He lives in White Plains, NY, with his fiancée Kazue Kubo and cat Caesar and makes a mean chess pie.

Name: John Bruno Turiano

Website: www.westchestermagazine.com

Where do you live: White Plains, NY

Favorite style of Burger: Sloppy with cheese and sautéed onions and mushrooms .

Favorite Childhood Burger: Wendy’s.

Burger that haunts your dreams at night:  The Piper’s Kilt Eastchester Burger.

What is the one Burger you’ve always wanted to try but still have not: In-N-Out Burger.

The secret to making a great Burger: Use grass-fed/no antibiotics meat and don’t press down with the spatula while cooking it!

Under no circumstances whatsoever, what should NEVER be put on a Burger: As much as I like the name, the bronut (donut as bun with burger in between) has to go.

If you could have a Burger with anyone alive, or dead, fictional or real, who would it be and where would you take them: Teddy Roosevelt. Minetta Tavern on MacDougal St in his hometown of NYC.

Please use this space to talk about or plug anything else you want: Westchester Magazine’s Burger & Beer Blast on June 4th, 2015 is where I’ll get to taste 30 burgers…Life is pretty swell.

Love Burgers? Big fan of craft beers? Live in or near Westchester, NY? Then you’ll want to join us on Thursday, June 4th for the Westchester Wine & Food Festival Burger and Beer Blast.

29 of the best Chefs and restaurants in Westchester, NY will be there serving some of the very best Burgers around. We’ll be there raffling off a grand prize that includes supplies to host your very own Burger party at home.

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