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A Sandwich a Day: Turkey Club at Le Petit's Kitchen in San Francisco

We like to think of the Tenderloin as being filled with some of the best food-secrets of San Francisco. Sandwiches are no exception. Take Le Petit's Kitchen, a nondescript sandwich shop that could easily pass as your run-of-the-mill lunch spot. Until you look at the menu, that is, and see broadcast across the top in all CAPs: WE BAKE OUR OWN SOURDOUGH. Magic words to any San Franciscans eyes.

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2 Comments | Posted by Lauren Sloss, July 20, 2011 at 11:15 AM
Tagged: club sandwiches, San Francisco, sandwiches, sourdough bread, turkey sandwiches

Sourdough Doesn't Always Mean 'Good'

Photograph by Robyn Lee Via Jason Kottke, here's Nelson Minar's take on sourdough bread: It's sour because in the US, particularly in San Francisco, it's hard to buy good bread. About 75% of the decent bread in my grocery store, both fresh baked and industrial, is sourdough. Consumers think sourdough is shorthand for quality. It's not. In fact, sourdough is seldom the appropriate bread for a meal. It makes lousy sandwiches, lousy breakfast, it clashes with cheese. It's good with creamy soups, and it's good plain with butter. But the premium bakeries all push sourdough, and so sourdough becomes synonymous with "good", when it's not. So, serious eaters: What do you think of sourdough? Personally, I side with Minar....

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51 Comments | Posted by Adam Kuban, June 27, 2008 at 2:00 PM
Tagged: sourdough, sourdough bread