16 Sep Gettin’ Cheesy in Teen Central
Calling all cheeseburger lovers! Did you know September 18th is National Cheeseburger Day? No? Well, you’re in luck! Celebrate this cheesy holiday with help from PGTPL. Databases, novels, eBooks, and more are all at your disposal.
Recipes
AtoZ Food America is one of the many useful online databases accessible to library patrons. Browse through delectable main courses and side dishes to learn not only a brief history of the food, but also a recipe to follow along with at home. Learn about the origin of cheeseburgers and get to cooking here!
If you’re in the mood for a slightly more unconventional cheeseburger recipe, Teen Central has just the thing for you!
Tilly’s Kitchen Takeover by Matilda Ramsey will show you how to elevate a cheeseburger into a gooey masterpiece that will leave your mouth watering.
Check out The Nerdy Nummies Cookbook by Rosanna Pansino for a delectable cheeseburger cupcake recipe. Don’t worry though, they aren’t actually cheeseburger flavored.
Teen Reads
There are other ways to get your cheeseburger fix that don’t involve cooking at all! Check out these YA novels for an ultra savory experience.
Available in Print and Digitally
Somewhere Only We Know by Maurene Goo
This YA rom-com is told from two viewpoints. Lucky, a very famous K-pop star who is about to make her debut and is in desperate need of a cheeseburger, and Jack, who is hiding his part-time tabloid job from his parents, fall for each other against the odds through the course of one stolen day.
Available Digitally
David can eat an entire sixteen-inch pepperoni pizza in four minutes and thirty-six seconds. Not bad. But he knows he can do better. In fact, he’ll have to do better: he’s going to compete in the Super Pigorino Bowl, the world’s greatest pizza-eating contest, and he has to win it, because he borrowed his mom’s credit card and accidentally put $2,000 on it. So he really needs that prize money. Like, yesterday. As if training to be a competitive eater weren’t enough, he’s also got to keep an eye on his little brother, Mal and his two best friends, Cyn and HeyMan. This middle-grade novel has humor, family, and a whole lot of eating!
Anthony has never been able to stand up for himself — that is, not until his girlfriend is in someone else’s arms. Then Anthony vows revenge and devises the Plan. It begins with getting a job at the fast-food restaurant where his nemesis happens to be a star employee. But when the Plan is finally in place, will Anthony’s hunger for revenge be satisfied? Will he prove he’s not a wuss?
Music
We couldn’t make a cheeseburger post and not mention Jimmy Buffett! Check out the physical CD from the library or stream it on Hoopla to listen to “Cheeseburger in Paradise” on repeat.
Songs You Know By Heart: Jimmy Buffett’s Greatest Hits
There you have it, a complete guide to ensuring that National Cheeseburger Day is a success this year!
