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...
Salad Sandwich (after a fashion)
Friends, I must tell you about this surprisingly good sandwich I just made with a combination of mediocre and excellent ingredients. I was supposed to be taking a day trip to the coast today...
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...
Birthday Bacon
Today is my younger child’s 12th birthday, so a perfect opportunity for cooking massive quantities of very good bacon. Unlike Jim, I don’t have the skill-set, equipment, or space to smoke/cure my own, but...
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...
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