It’s common for people to connect with others on subjects of common interest. Parents of newborn babies are pressed for statistics and sleep schedules, pet owners swap stories and photos. There’s nothing unusual about...
If you live in America and are of a certain age, you’ve probably seen a Monte Cristo on a menu at some point of your life. It’s a type of American diner variant of...
When I wrote about Cuban sandwiches nearly two years ago, I had this to say: The greatest thing though is that while getting the sandwich exactly correct can be a pain in the ass–not too many...
Sometimes exploring a sandwich is a journey. Maybe an ingredient is difficult (or impossible) to find, or a recipe doesn’t exist in English and it has to be translated. Maybe it becomes an actual...
Jambon-Beurre is a popular street food in Paris, France–more than popular, in fact. Ubiquitous. Iconic. The literal translation is “ham butter,” and in fact those are the two main ingredients–those and of course the...
According to the Wikipedia List of Sandwiches (all hail), the Beirute is “Melted cheese, sliced fresh tomatoes, lettuce leaves, sliced ham on Arab bread” and gives the origin as Brazil. That’s not much to...
When my family moved from Central Illinois to Chicago many years ago, we moved into a neighborhood in which, within a few blocks, we had examples of the cuisine of Korea, Colombia, the Phillipines, Thailand,...
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...
What do you eat when you’re a picky child who doesn’t like hamburgers but still feels like dinner out at a fast food restaurant is a treat? These days it’s easy. Every restaurant has...
Ham is grandiose and prosaic. Ham was the father of nations. Ham is a guy sitting in front of a shortwave radio looking for connections. Ham goes hard. Mostly, though, ham is a big hunk...
Jim Behymer (404)I like sandwiches.
I like a lot of other things too but sandwiches are pretty great
Crit (27)I'm a mother of two boys. I work selling organic produce to gullible locals, and in my spare time I run as far as I can. Oh, and I live in Australia, married to a US citizen.
Drew (14)I'm a transgender weirdo who loves music, books, comics, and all kinds of other geeky crap. I edit an arts/music/culture magazine in my hometown of Richmond VA (rvamag.com). But let's not talk about my day job. Let's talk about food. I love food.
Brian (7)I'm a tax guy and technical writer living in the city known to its locals as The Big 'Ago. I self-identify as a fighter against culinary dogma, a sandwich lover, and an overly-earnest hot dog enthusiast.
juliachildish (4)No denying it, I like the sensual things of the world, especially good food and drink, though I'm no snob when it comes to either. A background in American cultural history and food studies makes me approach the world with a desire for contextualization and connection on the way to synthesis.
Thom (1)I'm a seafood-obsessed environmental scientist from North Carolina currently enduring the pain of living in a landlocked state. I spend most of my free time thinking about baseball, history, Shaw Bros. movies and weird synthesizer music.
Marinus (1)A South African now living in Australia, after 12 years in New Zealand and 4 in Ireland. Has worked as an academic researcher for the past decade, which is only slightly less time than it took him to fulfil his promise of writing an entry for the blog.
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