Roadfood Sandwiches: Recipes and Lore from Our Favorite Shops Coast to Coast | 
| Authors: Jane Stern, Michael Stern
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  9 reviews
Sales Rank: 187537
Media: Paperback
Edition: 1
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Pages: 272
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.1
Dimensions (in): 8 x 8 x 0.7
ISBN: 0618728988
Dewey Decimal Number: 641.84
EAN: 9780618728985
ASIN: 0618728988
Publication Date: May 2, 2007
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Product Description
Now you can re-create the best and most inventive sandwiches in America right in your own kitchen. In this eating tour of the nation, those gurus of the road, Jane and Michael Stern, hunt down nearly 100 examples of supreme sandwichery. You'll enjoy mouthwatering discoveries from nearly every state, from California (grilled Gruyere with leeks on multigrain from a neighborhood bakery in Los Angeles) to Maine (an overflowing, warm lobster roll from a seaside diner) to Florida (a Cuban: ham, pork, Swiss, and garlicky salami with pickles, lettuce, and tomato). The Sterns have tracked down America's best muffuletta (cold cuts and cheese topped with a bold and briny olive salad on Italian bread) and the specialty of Louisville, Kentucky (the Hot Brown: white turkey meat under sizzling cheese with tomato and bacon), not to be confused with Hot Truck (a hot pizza sub baked open-face, a campus sensation in Ithaca, New York). Each of the legendary heroes, hoagies, wraps, grinders, blimps, gyros, and subs comes with its own quirky story, making this book as much fun to read as it is to cook from.
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 Fun to read and cook from May 21, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This book, quite obviously, features sandwiches - and a wealth of them! It is a recent publication (May 2007), but the design harkens back to eateries from the `50s and `60s. It truly reads as if you are sitting with a good friend while they tell you about all the best sandwiches they've ever eaten while traveling North America. The authors paint a vivid picture that more than makes up for the missing photos.
You get the history of the diner, the sandwich, or the proprietor, plus the recipes to recreate them at home. We thoroughly loved the Ham and Pear Crisp from Hell's Kitchen in Minneapolis MN. I've earmarked the Hoosier Tenderloin, the Green Tomato BLT, and Old-Fashioned Beer Battered Brains (just kidding on that last one!). Since it is easy to search the book by location, the next time I travel, I'll use it to seek out the best food.
 Where are the photos? April 4, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
I have bought J & M's books for years. Very disappointed that this had no photos.
Sometimes good things come............. without pictures March 19, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I borrowed this book form the library and I too was disappointed that it didn't have picture. Like so many other people I enjoy eating with my eyes. I tossed it aside at first. In a bored moment, i went back to it. Not only did i find the stories entertaining, I could see potential in the recipes as well. Since I have made several of the sandwiches from it and they have turned out wonderful. You do have to spend a bit of time reading the recipes in the beginning to familiarize yourself with it, but like myself, you will quickly find ones that you will make again and again. Some of the recipes I find fascinating but no way in h*ck would I ever make it (think fried brains sandwich).
 Low Budget Affair November 21, 2007
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Sandwiches are one of my favorite things in the world, so when I heard that the professors of roadfood were writing a sandwich book, I was thrilled. Like "Roadfood", however, I was disappointed. There are NO pictures at all in this book. What kind of a cookbook has ZERO pictures in it??? Now that they are successful authors (book and magazine, btw), I would expect something a little more upscale from the Sterns.
Pull off the Road! For good. September 7, 2007
6 out of 9 found this review helpful
I love cookbooks, especially books on foods I can actually make, like sandwiches. I know of the Sterns through their website, and TV appearances and previous books and picked this one up because the cover was appealing. I was very disappointed. There were tons of recipes and for each recipe a little story about its origins and where the Sterns had eaten it, but no pictures. I know, you don't need a picture to make a recipe, but I have to say if you are going to do a cookbook on sandwiches you have found throughout the nation wouldn't it be nice to see the establishment? Or even the sandwich itself? Also the color of the pages threw me off, and they were very hard to read. The Sterns have made a living on Roadfood, but I think their journey needs to end if this is what we are getting for their efforts.
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