Cheese and Pickle, the Most British Sandwich Yet?
Cheese and pickle. Not a combination I’d have thought of, but sure. I’ll just get some American cheese, some pickle chips, and some supermarket bread, and… Of course it’s not that easy. Slices or...
The Breaded Pork Tenderloin Sandwich – State Street Bar & Grill, Quincy, IL
Part 1 is here | Part 2 is here It’s April and my kids are on Spring Break from school, so like any good parent, I have shipped them off to their grandparents for a week. I...
Comfort Gloop: The Textural Reassurance of Pimento Cheese
Cheese Sandwich Month is technically behind us, but, hey—don’t be so quick to rush off. Listen: let’s talk about pimento cheese. I could set out to demystify pimento cheese for the uninitiated, but there’s nothing particularly...
The Classic School Lunch
Many people don’t seem to have terribly fond memories of lunches consumed in high school cafeterias. It would seem, based on the way people speak of high school cafeterias, that many such places specialized...
If At First You Don’t Cemita, Fry Fry Again
…Or, this probably would have gone better had I read Jim’s post before attempting to construct this sandwich. When I saw the description for the Cemita, I thought it should be a slam dunk....
Cemitas: Pueblan Specialty, Chicago Favorite
When many people think of Mexican sandwiches, tortas are probably what they think of. (That is, if they’re not thinking of tacos, burritos, etc., as sandwiches, an ongoing discussion I won’t revisit here.) Tortas do seem to be the...
The Strange Case of Doctor Jaffle and Toastie Hyde
An idea for a cheese sandwich post has been eluding me this month. Some sandwiches are interesting to explore and write about, some are so basic it’s hard to know where to start. A cheese sandwich is...
Quick and dirty cheese sandwich post
I’m a mother. I make a lot of sandwiches for my small child to take to school. My kids tend to favour fillings with no nutritional value, like jam or Vegemite or honey. I...
Cheese, Bread, Mostarda – the Cheese Sandwich
What is a sandwich, anyway? Two pieces of bread—or can it be three? What kind of bread counts? As the great Pound Cake Facebook Debate of 2015 suggested, for some people cake is not...
The Chilean Chacarero
Chile’s sandwich game is so strong that it got me to reverse a lifelong aversion to green beans.
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