Sandwiches of Summer: The Caprese
August is the perfect time to write about Caprese sandwiches. It’s not because of the cheese–fresh mozzarella doesn’t really have a season, any more than milk does. Basil is a summer crop, but can...
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Submarine Sandwiches
Submarine sandwiches go by many names. Hoagies, Grinders, Torpedos, Heros, Po’Boys… the list goes on and on. For the most part, these are all referring to much the same thing. There are outliers–Grinders and...
Happy 5th Birthday, Sandwich Tribunal!
Early in 2014, my friends Josh, Thom and I started sending brag photos of all the delicious sandwiches we were eating to each other on Twitter. Josh, at the time, was keeping a pretty...
Porchetta sandwiches
Porchetta is a type of Italian pork roast. In Italy it is a street food, sometimes served in a panino, in which a whole pig carcass is deboned, flavored with garlic, fennel, citrus, and...
On Sandwiches and Hyperbole
It’s a long, cold ride to 35th and Morgan in the Chicago neighborhood of Bridgeport from my office in the West Loop, just shy of five miles in weather that’s barely breaking into double...
JP Graziano’s February special, the Muffaletta
In celebration of Mardi Gras, for the month of February J.P. Graziano (who make what is my absolute favorite sandwich in Chicago, and who are part of the inspiration for this site) are offering a muffaletta...
The sandwiches in the background image
You probably can’t see most of the images in this background mosaic I worked so hard to put together, since this pesky website is blocking them. So I figured I’d post the image unadorned, with notation....
The Burrata from J.P. Graziano
Take a look at this beauty. It’s August 21, 2014, and as we all know, August and September are Tomato Season. I take that back, it needs more caps. TOMATO SEASON. The tomatoes were...
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