A Vietnamese sandwich shop classic, tender pork gets marinated in a sweet fish sauce-based marinade before being quick-grilled and stuffed into a sandwich with jalapeño peppers, pickled carrots and daikon radish, and cilantro. Personally, I'd also stick in a fat stick of cucumber for its fresh crunch. This recipe works fine in crisp French bread, but if you can find a real banh mi-style rice flour baguette, all the better. More

The thing that bothers me is the implied notion that vegetarian/vegan food is vegetarian/vegan first, and food afterwards, and once you've outed yourself as a vegan, that attitude seems to follow you wherever you go. Coming from an omnivore cook, this would have just been another good sandwich. But coming from a vegan cook, it's a vegan sandwich. More

If there's one thing I miss more than anything when it comes to being vegan, it's cheese. Taking a look at Ed's glorious looking eggplant parm sandwich from Rubirosa last week, my craving almost led me to cheat before I came to my senses. Here's what I came up with to beat that craving. It's a meta-eggplant sandwich even an omnivore can get into. More

The one sandwich that comes to mind for anyone who's ventured through the door at Jimmy's Serious Sandwiches is The Garden ($6.95). Back in 1979 it won the first place in the National Sandwich Contest. Though the recipe for the sandwich is actually posted on the wall next to the door, few actually make it at home. They'd rather get their fix in the restaurant or in a lunch box to go. More

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I was intrigued by Sandwich because of its subject matter—omnipresent and unassuming. The humble PB & J fueled me through most of elementary school, and my love of anything between slices of good bread has perpetuated. But what of this "global history" of the sandwich? I'd never given much thought to the cross-cultural elements of the dish. This book provides a look at the sandwich's origins and its interpretation across centuries and geographic boundaries. More

photo by noodlepie on Flickr If Robyn were writing this, I believe her first word would be, "CHOMP!" Graham Holliday aka Noodlepie has declared this banh mi thit nuong from a stall on Nguyen Trai street in Saigon the best sandwich in the world and by the looks of it, I am inclined to agree.... More