Some serious Pittsburgh food adventure vibes hopped the bus to NYC when my boyfriend Brant’s parents, Joyce and Tim, came in from PA this past weekend for a 3-day family hang and culinary tour of the city. Day 1: Sandwich Surprise time! Over the past few months, Joyce had mailed me a couple newspaper clippings […]
Category Archives: Food
May
05
Best of Pittsburgh Sammy: Chicken Liver Mousse & Bacon, Thin Man-Style
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April
19
Filipino Meatloaf on Sourdough Rolls
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Thanks, Mom — your homecooked meals gave me the idea for this yummy sandwich! This is a riff on my mother Vicki’s delicious embutido — a Filipino ground pork meatloaf with hard-boiled eggs and green olives layered inside it. Some Pinoys use raisins, but I really hate raisins in meat, and luckily, Mom never added […]
April
12
Spring Break Sammy: Mofongo on Pork Rind Rolls!
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It’s Let’s Lunch time again! Let’s Lunch is a fun and growing group of food bloggers from all over (England, Singapore, Hong Kong, Paris, and other places I want to travel to, as well as the U.S.), and once a month, we all post on something related to a new theme. The topic this month: […]
April
10
Bonus Dessert Sammy: S’Marz (a.k.a. S’Marzipan S’Meeps a.k.a. Peeps Almond S’Mores)!
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Really, I should just call these S’Messy. I mean, what did I expect from a “Hershey’s chocolate bars + Peeps + microwave + kids” equation? Let me backtrack for a second. S’Meeps aren’t an original concept. Google “Peeps” and “S’Mores” and you’ll get like 350,000 hits. But I love love love Peeps. Check out what […]
April
09
Sandwich Surprise: The Florida Edition! Blue Chip-Crusted Chicken Cutlets on Bacon Bits Bread
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This week’s Sunshine State sammy: Why the road trip? While I was on a beach/golf vacation in Ft. Lauderdale last week, I just couldn’t pass up the chance to take a Florida’s Turnpike road trip to my friend Michelle and her family’s home near Orlando. I worked with cover-writer-extraordinaire Michelle when I was an editor […]
April
01
Duck Fat-Roasted Cauliflower Steak and Prosciutto on Lavender Sourdough
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Frou-frou tasting menu-y, I know — I admit, I’m definitely a foodie who loves her delicious-sounding, exotically overwritten restaurant blurbs. This sammy is actually cheap and easy, and you can call it Roasted Cauliflower and Prosicutto on Sourdough instead, to de-pretentious it. Funnily enough, I didn’t realize that there’s a 2013 trend of “cauliflower steak” […]
March
22
Double Stack Steak & Eggs with Hot Cherry Peppers
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Keeping it cheap and simple for a busy week and for marathons of March Madness! Here’s the sammy, on a Kilauea black sea salted, slightly sourdoughed baguette: DOUBLE STACK STEAK & EGGS WITH HOT CHERRY PEPPERS: Thinly sliced beef (you can use Steak-umms or roast beef, or carve up some leftover steak) 2 Eggs per […]
March
14
The Zihuatanejo: Blueberry Soda & Thyme Braised Veal Shank with Spring Pea Shoots on Artisan Rolls
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Happy Friday, folks. This is my first post with Let’s Lunch, a fabulous group of food bloggers from all over the globe, so if you’re a new reader, welcome! You can like my Facebook Page and follow me on Twitter, and who knows, you might be Sandwich Surprised in the near future. The Let’s Lunch […]
March
07
Fried Kielbasa, Fenneled Pear & Arugula on Cinnamon-Cardamom Toast
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I had the most amazing pear and arugula salad at A Voce in the Time Warner Center with my sister last weekend. It was so refreshing and addictive, I told the guys at the table sitting next to us to get it too. (They seemed to be happy they did.) What sent it over the […]
February
28
Open-Faced Lemon-Parm Edamame Sammy on Wheat Pepper Bread
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Happy Thursday! On offer today? Another veggie-friendly sammy, because I’m about to go on a tear of meatatarian recipes over the next few weeks. I came up with this spread because back in the days when I’d hit the salad bar at the Time Inc. cafeteria, the lemon juice-parm-edamame trifecta was my go-to. Here’s what […]
sandwich surprise! 