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*Sandwich: A Global History* *Fifty notable sandwiches, with text from a new book on the classic foodstuff.* *By Bee Wilson* <http://www.thesmartset.com/files/flash/Ideas/ID_WILSO_SANDW/ID_WILSO_SANDW_FL_001.html> Portable, quick, satisfying, cheap and requiring neither plate nor cutlery, the sandwich is the most universal of all fast food, the archetypal hand-held snack. With the exception of people who don’t eat bread, for whatever reason, all of us eat sandwiches – and in an unusually wide range of contexts. They are eaten by school children and High Court judges, by soldiers and pacifists, by busy call-centre workers and leisurely picnickers. They are eaten in hospital wards, in prisons, in the lounges of four-star hotels and at the kitchen table. The sandwich is simply the quickest way of making a meal. We may speak and dream of other foods; we may pontificate on banquets and gastronomy; but a lot of the time, if we are honest, what we are really eating is sandwiches. "Sandwiches in the twenty-first century," writes the food historian Andrew F. Smith, "are consumed in some form in almost every country in the world." <http://www.press.uchicago.edu/presssite/metadata.epl?mode=synopsis&bookkey=10549725> ------------------------------ *Excerpted from *Sandwich: A Global History<http://www.press.uchicago.edu/presssite/metadata.epl?mode=synopsis&bookkey=10549725> *, the latest installment of the Edible Series from Reaktion Books. * ------------------------------ Photo Credits: Bacon Sandwich- Wikipedia <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Baconbutty.jpg>/ CC BY-SA 3.0 <http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/deed.en> Bánh Mì- pancakejess <http://www.flickr.com/photos/pancakejess/3940138410/>/ CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 <http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/deed.en> Barros Luco- cproesser <http://www.flickr.com/photos/cproesser/1288891738/>/ CC BY-NC 2.0 <http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.0/deed.en> Beef on Weck- Kasia <http://www.flickr.com/photos/21072...@n00/3342745600/>/ CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 <http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/deed.en> Belegde Broodje- Wikipedia <http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Belegde_Broodjes.jpg> / CC BY-SA 2.0<http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/deed.en> BLT- mattbeckwith <http://www.flickr.com/photos/mattbeckwith/4596925965/> / CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 <http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/deed.en> Bocadillo de Tortilla- controvento <http://www.flickr.com/photos/controvento/132944485/> / CC BY-NC-ND 2.0<http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/deed.en> Bun Kabab- dey <http://www.flickr.com/photos/dey/458694077/> / CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 <http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/deed.en> Caprese- kodamakitty <http://www.flickr.com/photos/kodamakitty/2007789316/>/ CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 <http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/deed.en> Caviar Sandwich- endwisis <http://www.flickr.com/photos/endwisis/3922975994/> / CC BY-NC-ND 2.0<http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/deed.en> Cheesesteak- wallyg <http://www.flickr.com/photos/wallyg/2547430702/> / CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 <http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/deed.en> Chimichurris- worldtotable <http://www.flickr.com/photos/worldtotable/4881776852/> / CC BY-NC 2.0<http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.0/deed.en> Chip Butty- judyboo <http://www.flickr.com/photos/judyboo/4733469770/> / CC BY-NC 2.0 <http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.0/deed.en> Chivito- matt_hintsa <http://www.flickr.com/photos/matt_hintsa/3143456898/>/ CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 <http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/deed.en> Christmas Sandwich- kthread <http://www.flickr.com/photos/kthread/4141749942/> / CC BY 2.0<http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/deed.en> Choripán- joannova <http://www.flickr.com/photos/joannova/4927801154/> / CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 <http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/deed.en> Club Sandwich- lexnger <http://www.flickr.com/photos/lexnger/4914784664/> / CC BY-NC 2.0 <http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.0/deed.en> Cream Cheese with Lox- mattmendoza <http://www.flickr.com/photos/mattmendoza/3923870940/> / CC BY-NC-SA 2.0<http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/deed.en> Croque-Monsieur- cygnoir <http://www.flickr.com/photos/cygnoir/47508730/> / CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 <http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/deed.en> Cucumber Sandwiches- sarako <http://www.flickr.com/photos/sarako/3934168295/> / CC BY-NC-SA 2.0<http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/deed.en> Egg and Cress- tavallai <http://www.flickr.com/photos/tavallai/4500328841/>/ CC BY-ND 2.0 <http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/2.0/deed.en> Elvis Sandwich- kthread <http://www.flickr.com/photos/kthread/4256654013/> / CC BY 2.0 <http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/deed.en> Falafel Sandwich- roboppy <http://www.flickr.com/photos/roboppy/217413826/>/ CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 <http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/deed.en> Fish Finger Sandwich- michaelphams <http://www.flickr.com/photos/michaelphams/4521929193/> / CC BY-SA 2.0<http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/deed.en> Fluffernutter- Ibán <http://www.flickr.com/photos/7394...@n06/4330201586/> / CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 <http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/deed.en> Francesinha- nowpicnic <http://www.flickr.com/photos/nowpicnic/3048121235/>/ CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 <http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/deed.en> Hoagie- iirraa <http://www.flickr.com/photos/iirraa/292016000/> / CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 <http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/deed.en> Lampredotto- amerigo <http://www.flickr.com/photos/amerigo/93740285/> / CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 <http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/deed.en> Lobster Roll- leeco <http://www.flickr.com/photos/leeco/2729356182/> / CC BY 2.0 <http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/deed.en> Mantao Chinese Sandwiches- nancyheller <http://www.flickr.com/photos/nancyheller/4539079235/> / CC BY-NC-ND 2.0<http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/deed.en> Marmite Sandwich- dontcallmeikke <http://www.flickr.com/photos/dontcallmeikke/3306300654/> / CC BY-ND 2.0<http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/2.0/deed.en> Melts- roboppy <http://www.flickr.com/photos/roboppy/3173157661> / CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 <http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/deed.en> Monte Cristo- andycastro <http://www.flickr.com/photos/andycastro/500423911/> / CC BY-NC 2.0<http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.0/deed.en> Muffaletta- limoon <http://www.flickr.com/photos/limoon/4991578785/> / CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 <http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/deed.en> Panini- manwhoyells <http://www.flickr.com/photos/manwhoyells/5046234070/> / CC BY-NC 2.0 <http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.0/deed.en> Pastrami on Rye- b_2 <http://www.flickr.com/photos/b_2/4764219160/> / CC BY-ND 2.0 <http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/2.0/deed.en> Peanut Butter and Jelly- chaparral <http://www.flickr.com/photos/chaparral/1195577057/> / CC BY-NC 2.0<http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.0/deed.en> Po'Boy- marxfoods <http://www.flickr.com/photos/marxfoods/3513975014/> / CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 <http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/deed.en> Porchetta Sandwich- brandondoran <http://www.flickr.com/photos/brandondoran/4648305832/> / CC BY-NC-ND 2.0<http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/deed.en> Porilainen- Wikipedia <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Porilainen.jpg> / CC BY-SA 3.0 <http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/deed.en> Reuben- Wikipedia <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Katz%27s_Deli_-_Lunch.jpg> / CC BY 2.0<http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/deed.en> Sandwiches de Miga- gorriti <http://www.flickr.com/photos/gorriti/1449041790/> / CC BY-SA 2.0<http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/deed.en> Sloppy Joe- dalboz17 <http://www.flickr.com/photos/dalboz17/3626699321/> / CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 <http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/deed.en> Toasties- john_mcclumpha <http://www.flickr.com/photos/john_mcclumpha/4304562135/> / CC BY 2.0<http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/deed.en> Tramezzini- seesternrea <http://www.flickr.com/photos/seesternrea/4025849112/> / CC BY-ND 2.0<http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/2.0/deed.en> Western Sandwiches- toastforbrekkie <http://www.flickr.com/photos/toastforbrekkie/4673048017/> / CC BY-NC-ND 2.0<http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/deed.en> Vada Pav- scaredykat <http://www.flickr.com/photos/scaredykat/3437240332/> / CC BY 2.0 <http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/deed.en> -- PJ C. 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