Lonche de Lomo at Primera Taza
When one hears rumors of a sandwich “that has brought fully grown men to tears” there’s only one road open to a dedicated sandwich hunter. Fortunately for me, that road was both metaphorically and literally...
Jam Sandwich confessional
Hi, my name is Crit, and I have a problem with bread. It’s true. Fresh, thickly sliced white bread is like a drug to me, I can easily eat a whole loaf without really...
The Maine-style Italian Sandwich
The residents of Maine are proud of their sandwiches. Lobster rolls, sure, you hear about those, but you can get those all over New England (in various styles of course). But they truly have...
What Should I Write About a Jam Sandwich?
The jam sandwich. White bread. Strawberry jam. What in the heck am I supposed to write about a jam sandwich? Should I write a thinkpiece about how millenials are ruining snacks? Or a series...
Lomito Italiano
Welcome back to one of my favorite subjects, Chilean sandwiches. South America is a sandwich wonderland, and nowhere are they revered so much as in the long narrow mountains-and-ocean corridor that is Chile. This...
Chicago’s Italian Beef
Italian beef has been with this site from the beginning. One of my first posts was about the Italian beef sandwich at Bari’s Italian deli; there are photos of Italian beef sandwiches from two...
An Ice Cream Sandwich for Christmas
Ice cream sandwiches have always been the best ice cream treat. Grandma usually had an ice cream cake roll in the freezer, and those were good, kind of similar, layers of chocolate cake and vanilla...
The Hot Turkey Sandwich
I love turkey. It’s not just a Thanksgiving thing for me, though that’s when they’re most readily available. I stockpile them in my freezer and roast or smoke them throughout the year. I’ve said...
A Dinner of Two Sandwiches, Part the Second
Having eaten our toasties, I revealed that I’d been making dessert earlier in the afternoon. Given that one of this month’s featured sandwiches was ice cream, and it’s the middle of summer here, it...
A Dinner of Two Sandwiches Part the First…
Today, as I write this, it’s Boxing Day. Traditionally meals on this day consist of left-over Christmas food: cold ham; cold turkey; salads. It was also 30,000,000 degrees here today (well, maybe only really...
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