Between the Bread

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.

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I have always argued that the sandwich is the quintessential American food. So I'm glad that sandwich wised up and decided to run for office. Vote for sandwich. While you're at it, be sure to lobby for solid construction and a good bread-to-filling ratio.

To see two more sandwich ads, including a play on that super-creepy Carly Fiorina sheep ad, just read more

"Ooooh, sandwiches!" exclaims Scarlett Johansson in this clip from The Ellen DeGeneres Show, as Ellen presents her with a plateful of PB&Js on whole wheat bread. Apparently, in People's 2010 Most Beautiful People issue, Scarlett says that red lipstick and sandwiches make her feel pretty, so that's what Ellen gives her. Turns out, Scarlett may have just been eating a sandwich when the question was posed.

I can't really pull off red lipstick, but I'd be honored to receive a plate of sandwiches from Ellen (just not peanut butter, thanks, I'm allergic). In fact, I think Women in Red Lipstick Eating Sandwiches would make a good blog. Like a sister site to Dudes With Beards Eating Cupcakes.

I'm no vegetarian, but I cringe at ads for the Baconator, Wendy's double-decker bacon cheeseburger. So I have to respect this video parody for the Veginator, complete with raunchy narration about its "whole wheat bun topped with vegannaise, baby spinach leaves . . . and local walla walla onions, caramelized in Spanish extra virgin olive oil."