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The United States Of Sandwiches (Part 2)

Friday, May 15, 2009

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The United States Of Sandwiches (Part 2)

Southern BBQ, outside of Savannah Despite the talk about urban multiculturalism, the most complex culinary unions in this country were in the rural south, where Afro-Caribbean slaves and European landowners entwined their open-fire cooking techniques and native ingredients into “plantation”-style cooking.  There is probably no better example of this hybrid than the all-day affair of barbecue, [...]

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Al’s Beef: Checkmate

Tuesday, April 14, 2009

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Al’s Beef: Checkmate

Somewhere on south Taylor St*, in Chicago’s Little Italy, Al’s Beef has been producing, arguably one of the best sandwiches in America since 1938. A sandwich so noteworthy, that Travel and Leisure, Esquire, the History Channel and countless others, have documented its stature and sang its praises in a quite unprecedented way- as far as [...]

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