Lobster roll for brunch!

I was spending the weekend in Ottawa, bracing for an ice storm, ready to celebrate my mother-in-law’s birthday. Q: Barbara, if I made you a breakfast sandwich for your birthday, what would you want? A: Lobster roll. This is why Barbara rocks. Lobster roll it is. I’ve made it before but I worked with pre-cooked,Continue reading “Lobster roll for brunch!”

Good eats, diner-style

Whatever happened to the hot sandwich? You know the type: roast beef, turkey, or chicken piled in between two squares of squishy Texas bread, smothered with hot brown gravy that probably came from a can or started as a powder. Add a mound of mashed potato and peas on the side and you’ve got yourselfContinue reading “Good eats, diner-style”

New year, new sandwich list

When I was a kid, I loved flipping through the Archie comic books—not for the plot, but for the inevitable picture of Jughead with a giant sandwich platter. When I became old enough to help in the kitchen, my favourite activity was preparing sandwich platters for parties. Totally 1970s fare: open-faced squishy buns topped withContinue reading “New year, new sandwich list”

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