India’s Vada Pav
Vada pav is a vegetarian Indian snack. Hailing from Mumbai, where millions are sold each day, it consists of batata vada, a filling of smashed potatoes, seasoned with herbs, coated with a batter of...
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Chicago’s Mother-in-law
Search the internet for mentions of Chicago’s Mother-in-law sandwich, a cheap mass-produced tamale on a bun with chili, and the results you find will likely mention one of two different places (or both of...
Let’s Get Stupid: Hamdog
Hamdog is many things to many people. Hamdog is a mystery wrapped in a conundrum, buried inside a cured smoked emulsion of meat and fat, engulfed in yet more meat, drowned in chili and covered...
Changes, Chinatown, and the Ham and Egg Bun
Sandwiches are an ephemeral thing. No matter the outliers like the last McDonald’s hamburger sold in Iceland; by design, sandwiches make our lives just a little bit nicer for a short period of time and then...
Cultural Assimilation and the Chow Mein Sandwich
I recently watched the very good documentary The Search for General Tso, nominally about the origins of that popular Chinese-American dish (and where it turns out to have been created comes as a bit...
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