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...
Author: Jim Behymer
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...
Portuguese Bifana
A couple years ago, we wrote about a Portuguese steak sandwich called the Prego. It was a fantastic sandwich, and I drank a fantastic amount of Portuguese wine while enjoying it. Named after the...
“Toastim” – Israeli Bagel Toast
I started out thinking this might not be a real sandwich, like maybe somebody was putting fake entries in the Wikipedia List of Sandwiches just to mess with me. When I first started searching...
Arnold Palmer: Half Golfer, Half Beverage, Half Sandwich
Arnold Palmer, your boomer dad or grandpa’s favorite golfer (unless he favors that shady Jack Nicklaus fella), would tell the story like this. He was in a restaurant and ordered his habitual beverage, a...
Hungary’s Fatty Bread
Paprika is commonly associated with Hungary–many of Hungary’s iconic dishes feature the spice–Chicken Paprikash naturally, but also Gulyás (Goulash), Pörkölt, Lecsó (Hungarian ratatouille), and many others. In fact the word Paprika itself is a...
Polish Zapiekanka
The 1970s were lean times in Poland. Wages stagnated while the price of food and other basic goods–prices that were fixed by the government–rose, and rose again, sparking protests, labor strikes and civil unrest....
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