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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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Some Like it Hot: Borinquen’s Jibarito

Thursday, April 16, 2009

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Some Like it Hot: Borinquen’s Jibarito

Sometimes, two forces come together with just the right amount of seduction, and the unlikely elements fuse, erupting in a climax so intense that even the most staunch nihilist will moan, “God!” in testament. I’m speaking, of course, of Borinquen’s Jibarito- a delight literally invented at the Humbolt Park nook in Chicago, which has been [...]

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