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With each issue, Sandwich magazine takes an iconic sandwich and uses it as a lens for cultural essays, features, photo stories and more. Explore it all here.
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Grandma's Snack
The tonality of my language stares at me through the taste of my grandmother’s favorite snack. Àádùn is a corn snack that showed up often at Christmastime when grandfather returned home from the farm with the proceeds of his harvest.
Michael in America
Michael Elégbèdé is a Nigerian-born fine-dining chef based in Lagos. He left for the United States at 13 and, after 13 years there, he bought a one-way ticket back home. He currently owns and operates ÌTÀN Test Kitchen in Ikoyi, Lagos.
My First Time
That winter evening, while I was walking down Peckham Rye Market Street in London at shoulder-bump squeeze- past pace, a man screamed “Shaki” at me. It was in one of those brisk sections of the market where South-Asians sell a variety of fresh meat and you don’t need to strain to hear Yoruba words…
Maroon: Musings on Fugitivity
There is something romantic about the way Black folks talk about our food. The sense memories of intergenerational recipes are such that these recollections are often more powerful than the dishes themselves.
The Eating Habits of Househelps
There are three rungs of privilege: there are those who don’t cook; those who perform some cooking; and finally those who cook because the first two rungs aren’t really cooking.
The Perfect Sandwich #2
John Walker has perhaps the greatest job title in the world: Hoagie Master. He oversees a special room at Philadelphia’s Pizza Beddia (recently placing in the top 25 restaurants in America on a recent list by Esquire magazine…
The Life-Enchancing Quality Of Bread As Seen Through 5 Bakeries
Bread is life. It’s one of the cornerstones of civilization. The term “making dough” derives from bread, because to earn one’s living is to earn one’s bread.
A Portrait Of New England In Four Seasons
There’s an old joke around New England about how the rest of the United States envies the region for its four distinct seasons: Pre-Winter, Winter, Still-Winter, and Road-Paving Season.
How The Chili Pepper Didn't Conquer Denmark Until It Eventually Did
This is weird. The chili pepper is, by most accounts, the world’s most popular spice, an essential component of cooking from the Americas (it originated in what’s now Bolivia, and was first domesticated in what’s now Mexico) to all over Africa and Asia…
A Swift Dispatch On The Future Of Lettuce
On 8 May 2014 a crop of red romaine lettuce (Outredgeous) flew in space as the first veggie unit of NASAVeg-01A. This was the beginning of a project to grow vegetables in space.
The Perfect Sandwich #1
Max Halley is proprietor of Max’s Sandwich Shop, North London, and author of ‘Max’s Sandwich Book: The Ultimate Guide to Creating Perfection Between Two Slices of Bread.’
In The Company Of The Writer Of The Lobster Shack Murder Mysteries
Sometimes, you just need to read a gripping murder mystery set in and around a Conneticut lobster shack, and author Shari Randall is here to scratch that particular itch.
Is Now The Time To Throw Cookbooks On A Bonfire?
The world of cooking can be daunting and scary for beginners. There are thousands of different ingredient combinations that can affect the final outcome of a dish, and that’s without mentioning those delicate methods required to nail the preparation.
In Search of the Ghost Lobster and Other Terrors of the Deep
Sea Monsters are an alluring fiction. They blend ancient mythology with the mystery of deep water. Dinosaurs once roamed the earth.
The Intriguing Tale Of Monsieur Mayonnaise
To say that the Melbourne-born, LA based filmmaker Philippe Mora has many strings to his creative bow is something of an understatement.
The Story Of The Greatest Lobster Themed Pop Single Of All Time
The Lobster has clawed out a broad space in popular culture. There’s The Lobster, ‘Consider the Lobster’, and lobsters as metaphor for Ross and Rachel on Friends. But the single most famous pop lobster there is?
The Perfect Sandwich #3
In April of 2020, Dutch national newspaper de Volkskrant commissioned a series of sandwich-themed photos by Jansen—his response to a brief which focused on design and a sense of playfulness.
A History Of America As Seen Through The Humble Lemonade Stand
Walking among the tired horses and perspiring workers of the city, all in search of shade and hydration, the reporter found one type of recently ascendant entrepreneur plying a busy trade: The lemonade peddlers. That day “the vendors of cheap lemonade squeezed…
Why The B.L.T. Is The Greatest Sandwich In The World
That first bite was a revelation. It was like hearing ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ for the first time. That combination of salt, fat and crunch was an irresistible compression of flavors.
In The Company Of A Pickling Queen
Having food that, to me, was colorful and exotic and crunchy and spicy and zingy and pickly, I found really exciting. It was so hard to find stuff similar to that. Then I moved to London.”