Where To Find The Best Cheeseburger In Every US State
Eating a cheeseburger is basically an American pastime. Read this list and you'll have a good burger close at hand, regardless of where you are in the country.
Read MoreElettra began her career in writing and publishing as an editorial assistant at Guernica magazine, where she read submissions, copy-edited stories, promoted them on social media, and wrote reported stories of her own. At Harper's Magazine, she fact-checked web stories and the Index section and actively participated in editorial meetings. Since leaving Harper's, she has continued to write occasional stories for them, while also translating their monthly Publisher's Note from the original French. She currently lives in Turin, Italy, where she spends her time sampling new restaurants and developing her taste for Piedmontese reds. On any given night, you might find her enjoying artisanal buckwheat bread dipped in pink peppercorn and lemon-infused oil at a fine dining establishment or digging into a bowl of food truck-produced ramen, exquisite in its simplicity.
Elettra earned a master's degree in creative writing with a certificate in literary translation from Columbia University.
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Eating a cheeseburger is basically an American pastime. Read this list and you'll have a good burger close at hand, regardless of where you are in the country.
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