A well-cooked burger with seasonings and condiments is good.  But everyone does that.  How do you make the best burgers in the neighborhood?

It's the buns! Everyone throws burgers on a plain, store-bought bun.  Make your own buns. Just like homemade bread is better than store bread, burgers on homemade buns are better.

Here's how to make homemade buns.  

It's easy. The secret is pressing the bun down a couple times as it rises. That flattens the profile so it looks like a burger bun.

But take it to the next level with extra-special bread. Here are my favorites: