Greek Souvlaki
Souvlaki is a Greek word, the diminutive form of souvla, or spit, like the spit used to roast a whole animal. Thus the word souvlaki refers skewers, or to the small chunks of meat,...
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All-American S’Mores
Sleeping on the ground. Hiking in the rain. Sitting around a fire, too hot on on side and too cold on the other. Camping has its charms, but also its many drawbacks. If you...
Swedish Smörgåstårta
Another sandwich cake! *shudder* We wrote about sandwich cakes back in December, those nightmares of mid-Century Americana that haunted many a cookbook and family gathering of the upper Midwest 50 years ago or more....
Danish Smørrebrød
Danish Smørrebrød is an open-face sandwich, similar to several that we’ve covered previously, as well as Swedish Smörgås, which doesn’t appear on our List. In fact, we covered a type of Danish Smørrebrød way...
Sliders? Or Just Tiny Burgers?
Sliders I don’t recall when I first became aware of the term “sliders” as a reference to White Castle burgers. Certainly it was before the TV show of the same name debuted, as I...
A Sloppy Joe For The Rest Of Us
This probably won’t come as a shock to those of you who read the Tribunal regularly, but most of the time I have no idea what I’m doing. I know I’m going to write...
New Jersey’s Sloppy Joes at Town Hall Deli
In January 1919, the 18th Amendment to the Constitution of the United States was ratified, calling for the prohibition of the manufacture, import, and sale of all “intoxicating liquors… for beverage purposes” in the...
I Made a Shooter’s Sandwich
I’m trying to pinpoint when I first heard about the near-mythical Shooter’s Sandwich. It was years ago, decades… perhaps it was the 1996 episode of Two Fat Ladies, in which the late Jennifer Paterson...
The Guatemalan Shuco
Shuco is a Guatemalan street food. The word itself means “dirty” in Guatemalan Spanish. When it comes to the food, I don’t believe the name “dirty” means that it’s nasty or undesirable, but rather...
My Shawarma
Fast casual Mediterranean restaurants are a growing niche, both in the Chicago area and around the country. (Or around the world–there is in fact a small chain in Dubai that shares a name with...
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