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Star: Local Boy National Burger Finalist

Here’s this little guy, seven-year-old Charlie Beckett, perched on the verge of national recognition for his Holy-Peno hamburger that just might be featured across the nation in all Red Robin restaurants. It seems Charlie’s culinary delight was selected from 14,000 offerings as one of 10 finalists in the nationwide competition, staged by the hamburger chain, in its third annual “The Next Gourmet Burger Kids” recipe contest. Red Robin as it has in the past, again asked children, six to 12 to share their culinary creativity against a horde of entries/Tom Burnett, The Star. More here (scroll down).

Question: Who barbecues the burgers at your house?



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D.F. Oliveria started Huckleberries Online on Feb. 16, 2004. Oliveria's Sunday print Huckleberries is a past winner of the national Herb Caen Memorial Column contest.