Famous Denvers
Unless you’ve been trapped on a desert island for the past century or more, you’ve probably heard of a Denver omelet. But have you heard of a Denver sandwich? Bob, you’re a Denver, what...
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The Original Dagwood – a guest post from Greg
When the Sandwich Tribunal asked for a volunteer to write about The Dagwood Sandwich, I assumed they meant the kind that the Wikipedia article is about. Appearing frequently in Chic Young (and later Dean...
Dagwood – A Retrospective
The Dagwood. A cartoonishly gigantic sandwich invented by a cartoon. It’s a giant stack of meat and vegetables and such between 2 slices of bread, popularized in the comic strip Blondie from the newspaper...
Cudighi sandwich, or the Yooper version of a Freddy
I certainly thought of the Freddy when I first read the detailed description of the Cudighi. The Cudighi is a patty of Italian sausage served on a hard roll with tomato sauce and mozzarella cheese, sometimes...
Cucumber Sandwiches
Cucumber sandwiches. Afternoon tea. The British upper class. The Importance of Being Earnest. blah blah blah It’s simple. It’s been written up a hundred times. Slice some cucumbers paper thin, drain them and pat them...
The Ballad of Mister Crunchy, Mrs. Crunchy, and the Crunchy Horde
In Western Europe, in the land of France There’s a strange little guy without any pants With guts made of ham and a hat made of cheese Crisp fried bread’s all the clothes he needs....
Cubano? CubanYES!!!
It’s come to me over the past couple of days that each of the three sandwiches we’re covering this month is basically a variation of the grilled ham-and-cheese sandwich. As good as a melty-ass ham-and-cheese sandwich...
This post is a croque
We do things differently in the antipodes, and it turns out that today is Fathers’ Day. This put me somewhat on the hook to ‘do something’ for the man in my life, the father...
To Carve the Corned Beast
I have a tendency to obsess over things. No, not you, Jim! Not the guy who wrote a 4000 word history of club sandwiches earlier this month! Yes, me, hard as it may seem...
The Three Faces of Corned Beef
Corned beef is incredible. Whether you’re boiling it with some vegetables, frying it up it with some potatoes and runny eggs, or stacking it high on bread, you can count me in. Naturally, it’s the...
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