Justin Bolois

A burger wrapped in dough, then plunged in hot oil. Whoa. Imagine this—a hamburger topped with bacon, wrapped in dough, and plunged in hot oil. That’s what you get when you order the deep-fried Langos burger, a unique Eastern European riff on the classic American cheeseburger invented by the Brooklyn gastropub, Korzo. Using Hungarian langos dough to encapsulate the patty, George will attempt to make this highly technical burger for the first time ever on camera.

The arms race for most innovative desserts has begun. While sushi burgers and waffle pizzas make the social-media rounds, pushing the envelope of modern-day food ingenuity (and decency) to its limits, there seems to be a special place for experimentation in the annals of ice-cream Instagram. “Desserts can exist in a cartoonish space because they’re celebratory,” says Nick Morgenstern of Morgenstern’s Ice Cream. Stunt foods, as we know, pop up and disappear quicker than Kanye West’s Twitter rants.

For New Yorkers, there's much more to this iconic bodega sandwich than meets the eye. First We Feast is proud to present our first documentary, "Hometown Hero: The Legend of New York's Chopped Cheese." Back in January, when we first investigated this iconic New York sandwich, we were told time and time again: to understand the real New York, you've got to understand the chopped cheese. What exactly is a chopped cheese, more familiarly known as a "chop"? On the surface, that would seem simple.