Sandwich : a global history /
The humble peanut butter and jelly or bologna and cheese or corned beef on rye--no matter your cooking expertise, chances are you've made and eaten countless sandwiches in your lifetime. It's quick, it's simple, and it's open to infinite variety and inventiveness. If there's...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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London :
Reaktion,
2010.
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| Series: | Edible.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | The humble peanut butter and jelly or bologna and cheese or corned beef on rye--no matter your cooking expertise, chances are you've made and eaten countless sandwiches in your lifetime. It's quick, it's simple, and it's open to infinite variety and inventiveness. If there's something bread- or bun-like in your cupboard, there is a sandwich waiting to happen. Though sandwiches are a near-universal food, their origin can be traced to a very precise historical figure: John Montagu, the Fourth Earl of Sandwich, who, sometime before 1762 being too busy to stop for dinner, asked for some cold beef to go. |
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| Item Description: | Electronic resource. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (148 pages) : illustrations (chiefly color) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781861898913 (electronic bk.) 1861898916 (electronic bk.) |