Hot Roast Beef Sandwich of the Dakotas
Driving across South Dakota could be a dull experience. I-90 is 400 miles of mostly flat, mostly straight road going east to west or vice versa across the state. South Dakota has compensated by...
Author: Jim Behymer
Mike’s Original Stromboli in Spokane, WA
We’re traveling this week, visiting Mindy’s parents and extended family in eastern Washington. Mindy and I were running some Tribunal-related errands in the area of Spokane, Washington on Saturday and happened to drive by...
Milwaukee’s Cannibal Sandwich: Not a Dahmer Joke
I think it probably behooves us to say that right off the bat. “Cannibal sandwiches” are a holiday tradition in Wisconsin, specifically in southeastern Wisconsin, specifically in the Milwaukee area of southeastern Wisconsin where...
These Beans are a Time Machine
Dinner was a Peruvian dish, a pancake of rice and beans fried in a pan until crisp, that I only recently Googled and learned was called Tacu-tacu. It was served with a thin grilled steak, and there was a dish in the middle of the table with some kind of salsa. The salsa appeared to be finely chopped chilies and not much else.
Peruvian Butifarra
Botifarra is the name of a sausage that is central to the cuisine of Catalonia, a region of northeastern Spain. The word “botifarra” itself is from the Catalan language, derived from bot, a word...
Guadeloupe’s Bokit
In 1493, Christopher Columbus landed on a small island in the Caribbean, called Karukera by the Caribe people who lived there. Columbus landed just long enough to call the place Santa María de Guadalupe...
Boh Loh Yao: Hong Kong’s Pineapple Bun
Pineapple buns, or bolo bao, are beloved mildly sweet treats in their native Hong Kong. Made from a soft white dough similar to that used in Japanese milk bread, but with a thin cookie...
“True Viking Grease”–The Danish Bøfsandwich
The Danish bøfsandwich first came to my attention only a couple months ago, courtesy of Chicago Cicerone, beer judge, and Twitter friend Jenny Pfäfflin. She sent me a message one day just to let...
More Spanish Sandwiches Featuring Bocadillo de Calamares
We covered Bocadillos last month, a type of Spanish sandwich using a baguette or bread roll and just a few simple ingredients. There are many different kinds of bocadillos, and among them was one...
Bocadillos of Spain
Bocadillos, or bocatas, are a sandwich type in Spain. In Spain, there are several words for sandwiches–maybe not quite as many as in American English, but with somewhat explicit differences between the sandwich each...
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