Italian Bruschetta
The tomato and basil combination is a classic for a reason, the sweetness of the basil and the fruitiness of the olive oil bringing out the sweeter character of a plum tomato the way they do.
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Taiwan’s 大腸包小腸, or Small Sausage in Large Sausage
The big garlic flavor helps liven up the relative mildness of the sausages. Their sweet/sour flavor is picked up and amplified by the pickles and other garnishes
Hungarian Lángos
The bread is just a little salty, the crisp-crusted but chewy outer edges giving way to a thin and cracklingly crunchy center topped with garlic and cheese.
Portuguese Bifana
A couple years ago, we wrote about a Portuguese steak sandwich called the Prego. It was a fantastic sandwich, and I drank a fantastic amount of Portuguese wine while enjoying it. Named after the...
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...
Sick-person sandwich.
I’ve been hammered really hard by a cold for over a week. When I’m sick, I like to eat a lot of garlic in the simplest way possible. So when I finally woke...
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