Chicago Sandwich Canon: The Big Baby
A good Big Baby is not a miraculous event; it is no great eye-opening revelation. It’s just a double cheeseburger. But at its best, it is a very enjoyable, well-engineered and constructed double cheeseburger.
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A Ziggurat of Carbs and Fat–the Wigan Kebab
Oh mushy peas. Where have you been all my life? How can something so ordinary, so simple be so perfect? They don’t add sweetness or acidity. But they add sunshine and joy somehow
Le Sandwich Américain
It does seem essentially American in some way, though the Hamburger patty may be German in origin, the mayonnaise Spanish, the baguette French, the frites Belgian and the ketchup Asian.
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.
Gilgeori Toast: Korean Street Eats
The crunch of cabbage in a breakfast sandwich is brilliant. It introduces an element of textural variance that is both surprising and needed.
“True Viking Grease”–The Danish Bøfsandwich
The Danish bøfsandwich first came to my attention only a couple months ago, courtesy of Chicago Cicerone, beer judge, and Twitter friend Jenny Pfäfflin. She sent me a message one day just to let...
Polish Zapiekanka
The 1970s were lean times in Poland. Wages stagnated while the price of food and other basic goods–prices that were fixed by the government–rose, and rose again, sparking protests, labor strikes and civil unrest....
Finnish Porilainen
Almost every English-language writeup online that I’ve found of the Finnish Porilainen sandwich–and there aren’t all that many, to be honest, but hey! we’re adding to that number–uses some form of the phrase “a...
Chip Butty: The British Empire Strikes Back
NEVER TELL ME THE ah you’re probably right. We’ve had a rough go of it with British sandwiches here at the Tribunal. From back bacon to British Rail, from breakfast rolls to Branston Pickle–there’s...
The Austrian Bosna
Rules stink, and sometimes following your own rules stinks the worst of all. Today is the last day of December, and we haven’t covered the Austrian Bosna yet, a Salzburg street snack consisting of...
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