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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 [...]

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Fu-Wah Tofu Hoagie: A Vegetarian Take On A Classic

Tuesday, May 5, 2009

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Fu-Wah Tofu Hoagie: A Vegetarian Take On A Classic

Ask any vegetarian or vegan living in Philadelphia for their favorite sandwich, and its a good bet that the answer will be the tofu hoagie from Fu-Wah Mini Market. Opened in 2003 by the Lai family, the same people behind the wildly popular and delicious Vietnam Restaurant, the small store has quickly become a West [...]

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Baoguette’s Sloppy Bao Kicks Joe To The Curb

Tuesday, March 31, 2009

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Baoguette’s Sloppy Bao Kicks Joe To The Curb

Flocks of people wait in line outside Baoguette, a recently opened Vietnamese sandwich spot in Murray Hill but it wasn’t the banh mi we were here for. Although their traditional Vietnamese sandwich (banh mi means baguette) is raved about by many, it is the Sloppy Bao that really had us intrigued. At the heart of [...]

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