TrishHennessy

French dip sandwich

When I think of classic pub fare sandwiches, I think: French dip. Slow chunks of roast beef in a hefty bun with ‘au jus’ for dipping. Messy. Filling. Comfort sandwich. But, too many times, the French dip on offering in pubs disappoints. I’m talking grey, grisly, dry pieces of roast beef and a thin, highContinue reading “French dip sandwich”

A Muenster of a breakfast sandwich

The breakfast sandwich is a beautiful thing: egg, cheese, some kind of umami addition, and great bread. What’s not to love? I recently came across an egg sandwich in Toronto’s Kensington market that made me totally rethink my breakfast sandwich game. Egg Bae serves up a breakfast sandwich on a sweet eggy bun with softContinue reading “A Muenster of a breakfast sandwich”

Shrimp toast with dip

I’m making 52 sandwiches this year as part of my hobby blog and I’m teeming with contenders for breakfast, beef, and veggie sandwiches—but what about seafood? Week two focused on the king of seafood sandwiches, the lobster roll, then there was the less glamorous but mainstay tuna sandwich hold the mayo. I think it’s timeContinue reading “Shrimp toast with dip”

Battle of 2 grilled cheeses

I’m making 52 sandwiches this year and you know that childhood comfort food, the grilled cheese, is going to make at least one appearance. I decide this week is going to be a battle of two grilled cheeses. Contender #1: The “grilled cheez”, the one many of us grew up with. Bread, butter, processed slicedContinue reading “Battle of 2 grilled cheeses”

Tuna sandwich, hold the mayo

I was lunching at a diner with my friend Ricardo, a true carnivore, when it came down to the menu choice. Q: Ricardo, what are you having? Have you seen the roast beef dip sandwich? He hadn’t, and it was cause for pause. He asks me what I’m thinking about. A: Maybe a tuna melt.Continue reading “Tuna sandwich, hold the mayo”

Spicy black bean melt

I don’t eat sweet breakfasts, so I’m always on the lookout for an easy, filling but savoury solution. Enter this mildly spiced black bean melt, which was inspired by an episode of Milk Street where they went to Oaxaca and ate Molletes then went back to the test kitchen to make an Americanized version. TheyContinue reading “Spicy black bean melt”

Marry me breakfast croissants

You know that chicken recipe that’s so good they call it ‘marry me chicken’? I think I’ve found the breakfast croissant equivalent. It starts with fabulous croissants that I got from my local patisserie but, honestly, the sum of this sandwich is so luxurious even regular grocery store croissants will do. Because we’re going toContinue reading “Marry me breakfast croissants”

Skip delivery pizza sub

In our house we make pizza from scratch on the regular, but sometimes I want the satisfaction of pizza without the fuss. Usually that means delivery, but why get inferior pizza when a superior pizza sub can be made faster than it takes for the delivery guy to show up? Especially since we’re still workingContinue reading “Skip delivery pizza sub”

Italian hoagie for the win!

I rarely eat cold cuts, but when I think about the hall of fame of sandwiches, some form of cold meat sub, hoagie, muffluetta, or hero sandwich comes to mind. And since Superbowl is around the corner, I’m thinking a made-in-advance cold cut sandwich on an Italian bun makes eminent sense. So you know whatContinue reading “Italian hoagie for the win!”

A mushroom wrap to die for

When I announced that A Year in Sandwiches would feature 52 sandwiches, and that I would rank my top 10 at year’s end, I had a lot of requests for vegetarian sandwiches. The majority of my diet is vegetarian but I have to say, when I think of a sandwich, I tend not to thinkContinue reading “A mushroom wrap to die for”