Riki Taki Dominicano
The savory beef and egg combination is accentuated by umami flavors from the tomatoes and the sauces, the sweetness of the ketchup playing nicely off the sour and salty bite of the pickled onion.
Rachel, Rachel, I’ve Been Thinking
The Rachel can be a good sandwich, maybe even a great one. But mostly it reminds me what a miracle of balance a good Reuben can be.
Bread, Adorned: Radish Sandwiches
Radishes are not the most assertive-flavored topping that could adorn this bread, but they have some crunch and a slight peppery bite that can’t be entirely discounted either.
Steak Sandwich of Southwest Suburbia: The Poorboy
The bread dripped with garlic butter; it gushed each time I lifted the sandwich, spouting its aromatic allium oilslick all over the plate, the tablecloth, my shirt, my hands, my beard.
Pork Roll Sandwiches of New Jersey
The hot, soft folded egg, the firm, salty, crisp-edged pork roll, the oozing, melted American cheese all came together into what we later learned might be the best pork roll sandwich in New Jersey.
Kissaten and Tell: Japan’s Pizza Toast
Pizza toast is satisfying, the sour, salty salami with the mild sweetness of the cooked onion and green pepper, the cheese and the sauce, all supported by the crisp-edged but still pillowy-firm shokupan.
Thanksgiving in January: a Pilgrim Sandwich
When it comes to eating Thanksgiving leftovers, the early worm gets the bird, so to speak.
Not Quite a Silk Purse? Pig Ear Sandwiches
Pig ears, made of skin, cartilage, and a little bit of fat, are pressure-cooked in a seasoned stock long enough to just about fully gelatinize the cartilage, making this mostly a meat jello sandwich,
If I Only Had a Brine: Pickle Sandwiches
Regardless of who invented bread and butter pickles, or when, or why they’re called that to begin with, the idea exists: to combine bread and butter pickles with bread and, yes, butter, to make a sandwich.
Piadina Romagnola: The Italian Taco?
An Italian taco? No not really, not at all even, please put down the pitchforks. Sometimes I stretch too far looking for a theme each month. And yet…
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