The Xis Burger of Southern Brazil
Hard to believe that it was only 6 months ago–2022 being the longest year in recorded history–that my friend Matt asked me if I’d ever heard of a sandwich from the south Brazilian state...
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Puerto Rico’s Tripleta
Like many of the islands of the Caribbean, Puerto Rico is a culinary crossroads. The native Taino diet consisted largely of fresh-caught fish, root vegetables like cassava and yams, beans, squash, and peppers. The...
July List Sandwiches and June Wrapup
Welcome to July, sandwich friends! A new month is upon us, and a new set of sandwiches awaits our exploration! First, though, let’s take a look back at what we covered in June. June...
I Made a Shooter’s Sandwich
I’m trying to pinpoint when I first heard about the near-mythical Shooter’s Sandwich. It was years ago, decades… perhaps it was the 1996 episode of Two Fat Ladies, in which the late Jennifer Paterson...
The Guatemalan Shuco
Shuco is a Guatemalan street food. The word itself means “dirty” in Guatemalan Spanish. When it comes to the food, I don’t believe the name “dirty” means that it’s nasty or undesirable, but rather...
Philadelphia’s Other, Other Sandwich: the Schmitter
I was just reading a listicle of the best sandwiches in Philadelphia. Of the 11 listed, 7 were cheesesteaks, 2 were roast pork sandwiches, 1 was a grinder with brisket, fried egg, horseradish mayo...
Argentina’s Sándwich de Milanesa
For a long time, Argentina has been among the world’s top consumers of beef per capita. Figures vary by source and by year, but Argentina, along with its neighbors Uruguay, Paraguay, and Brazil, along...
The Portuguese Prego
The first thing that the word “Prego” makes me think of is an unfortunately named commercial pasta sauce, and the genre of slack-faced noodle-slurping pregnancy announcement photos that feature a jar of it. The...
The Jibarito and Its Origin
Chicago food lore states that the Jibarito, a sandwich of thin-sliced steak or other meats, lettuce, tomato, garlicky mayonnaise, and American cheese on flattened fried green plantains, was “kinda, sorta” invented by Juan Figueroa...
Li’l Frenchie – Porto Town’s Francesinha
In the northwest of Portugal, on the Atlantic coast, is the country’s 2nd largest city, Porto. Porto is one of the oldest cities in Europe, and well known for its architecture, its beautiful climate,...
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