Between the Bread

Kenny Shopsin on Sandwiches

nancyeinhart — Sun, 20 Jun 2010 19:13:50 PDT

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When I first started offering sandwiches, I noticed that sandwich making isn't really cooking at all. Sandwiches are assemblages of different, completely finished elements, like LEGOs.

”- Shopsin's owner Kenny Shopsin in Eat Me: The Food and Philosophy of Kenny Shopsin. After rereading his chapter on sandwiches, I'm determined to finally make one of the recipes. Stay tuned.

Highly Accurate Horoscope

nancyeinhart — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 13:17:51 PDT

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You're no art expert, but you know what you like, which explains all the meatball sandwiches hanging on your walls.

”- My horoscope (Scorpio) from The Onion a few months ago.

James Beard on Sandwiches

nancyeinhart — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 06:50:17 PDT

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One of the great American arts, which varies from being a triumph to being a disaster, is sandwichmaking. . . . It doesn't matter if the filling is nothing more than peanut butter and jelly. Provided it is the best peanut butter and the best jelly, it can be just as satisfactory as some magnificent fancy of fois gras, truffles, and breast of pheasant.

”- James Beard, Beard on Food, 1974