"Carnegie Deli" news and stories

Emeril Lagasse is expanding his culinary empire this month with his first hamburger joint.

Burgers and More by Emeril will bring the world-famous chef's signature flair to the basic burger. It's slated to open Nov. 22 at the Sands Casino Resort in Bethlehem, Pa.

"I really want to be the real thing," Emeril told Slashfood at the restaurant's unveiling at New York City's famed Carnegie Deli. "This is not going to be the dollar menu here."

Hugh Jackman in 'X-Men Origins: Wolverine.' Photo: 20th Century Fox

A New York deli known for its gargantuan sandwiches has gone the way of the summer blockbuster.

The "X-Men Origins: Wolverine" sandwich is now a fixture on the menu at the Carnegie Deli, a New York landmark on the corner of 55th Street and Seventh Avenue in midtown Manhattan.

The sandwich is the carnivorous wolf's dream -- and the vegetarian's worst nightmare: corned beef, pastrami, turkey, salami, tongue, American cheese and brisket on rye.

Death, like taxes, is inevitable, but it's always sad when you hear of the passing of an old friend. The food world has been dealt a handful of blows in recent weeks with the deaths of some folks who helped to make the nation a tastier place.

At AOL Food we wrote today of the death of Milton Parker, the owner of New York's landmark Carnegie Deli. He was not alone.

New Yorkers who make their way to the Union Square Greenmarket often saw Joe Ades peeling carrots on the northwest corner of the square with the $5 peeler he peddled for years. Ades died on Sunday at age 75. "He was very excited about carrots," a woman who works on the square told the New York Times.

In California, Ozzie Osborne was passionate about soda, shakes and sandwiches. The longtime soda jerk who ran Ozzie's Soda Fountain in Berkeley passed away on Jan. 29. "He loved to tease people in a way that made them feel good about themselves," a patron told the San Francisco Chronicle.

In Robert Kolb's case, it was the product that made you feel good. The last of four generations of a Bay City, Mich., brewing family died on Jan. 28. Though Kolb Bros. Brewing Co. closed in 1936, Kolb started a beer distributor company that was renowned for delivering Buckeye beer until Miller bought the brand in 1972, putting the Kolb company out of business.

"From then on," Kolb's son-in-law told the Bay City Times, "he was a Budweiser man."

Joe mentioned that New York's Carnegie Deli was planning to honor Jerry Springer with his own sandwich on their menu. Our friends at TV Squad picked up the story and ferreted out the ingredients in the sandwich. So, what's in it? It looks like Sarah was the closest of the commenters in her guess of "tongue and cheese." The official sandwich has "pastrami, tongue, baloney, Swiss Cheese and Russian dressing."

Maybe "honor" is the wrong word, given the contents of the sandwich. Adding the tongue and baloney as ingredients are a nice touch, so why don't we just say that they're trying to make him memorable.

Whether that's a good or bad thing - either the sandwich or the show - is up to you.

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New York City's Carnegie Deli will honor talk show host Jerry Springer by naming a sandwich after him. The deli, which is equally famous for its corned beef as well its  gruff waiters, will christen the sandwich tomorrow at 2:00PM. Customers may even have a chance to be served by the man himself.

There's no word as to the ingredients of the new sandwich. One thing's for sure - there won't be "lotsa corned beef plus lotsa pastrami." That artery-clogging combo comprises a  gutbomb called the "Woody  Allen." Geez, Woody must have one hell of a metabolism.

What do you think the "Jerry Springer" sandwich would contain?