I can't decide if "biparti-sandwich" is a terrible pun or a great one, but I was excited to see sandwiches in the spotlight on last night's Top Chef. After Susan Feniger got booted off Top Chef Masters for making a sandwich with coconut jam, one Between the Bread reader wondered if the show is antisandwich. But after last night's Quickfire challenge, it's obvious that Top Chef believes in sandwich! 
Given, sandwiches are a pretty easy challenge (or should be) for a bunch of professional chefs. So to make the Quickfire harder, pairs of chefs had to cook with one hand each while wearing a conjoined apron. In the words of one contestant, "Who got high and came up with this?" I could say the same thing about many delicious sandwiches.
The winning sandwich sounded very worthy: flounder marinated in fish sauce with spicy sriracha mayo, pickled red onions, and herby salad. It was created by Tracey Bloom and Angela Sosa, who owns the Xie Xie sandwich restaurant in New York, which I've heard great things about.
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