Obložené chlebíčky
Don’t ask me how to pronounce the name of this sandwich. I have asked my linguist son Damian multiple times to say it for me, and he (not a fluent Czech speaker but with...
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The Problem with Marmite
I recall my wife watching a movie one time, one of the indie, rambling, mumblecorey films she loves where nothing actually happens except a lot of low-key conversations. I was not really paying attention,...
Lobster Rolls: Expensive giant sea-bugs in a hot dog bun
I remember being a kid and seeing, in every grocery store it seems, the tanks of live lobsters and crabs for sale. I don’t see them so much anymore. Maybe it’s just the season–lobster...
Kottenbutter of the Bergisches Land
Das Bergisches Land is a mountainous region of Westphalia in Germany. The traditional industry of the area was mining–Westphalia was once known as the land of coal and steel–and working the ore the mines produced....
Sandwich Tribunal Presents Jambon-Beurre
Jambon-Beurre is a popular street food in Paris, France–more than popular, in fact. Ubiquitous. Iconic. The literal translation is “ham butter,” and in fact those are the two main ingredients–those and of course the...
A Ham Sandwich Walks Into a Bar…
Ham is grandiose and prosaic. Ham was the father of nations. Ham is a guy sitting in front of a shortwave radio looking for connections. Ham goes hard. Mostly, though, ham is a big hunk...
A Family That Hagelslags Together…
Full disclosure: for the past 10 years, I’ve basically been the shitty dad from every kids’ movie who misses the important Little League game. Not that my kids have ever been in Little League...
Fairy Bread vs the Third Grade
Fairy bread is a party treat from the antipodes. Crit wrote about it once already–you can read her take here. They (she included, as our down-under correspondent) serve it at kids’ parties in Australia and...
The Elvis–King of Sandwiches?
In the (pretty definitive) conclusion of his Hitchhiker’s Guide series, Mostly Harmless, Douglas Adams’ character Arthur Dent escaped his menial-but-largely-satisfying existence as Sandwich Maker to a stone age tribe by capturing and riding a Perfectly Normal Beast to...
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...
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