21 NORTH BAY BOHEMIAN | JULY 25–31, 2012 | BOHEMIAN.COM
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or what’s basically a pile of stuff smashed between two pieces of bread, sandwiches sure are a huge part of our lives. And why not? They’re compact, manageable, easy to eat and offer endless variations for a quick lunchtime grab. But something’s been happening to sandwiches lately. There’s been a rush
of innovation between the bread that nobody, not even John Montagu, Fourth Earl of Sandwich himself, could have expected. Especially here in the North Bay, where fresh, local ingredients are simply grace notes in a chef’s sonata, sandwiches have undergone a makeover that’s caused the rest of the country to put down their PB&Js and take notice. For this year’s Food & Wine issue, we’ve rounded up some of our favorites out of the literally thousands of sandwiches in
the North Bay. You’ll notice we haven’t forgotten the turkey-and-swiss corner store creations, but we’re glad to share plenty of new discoveries, too, geared to inspire special out-of-the-way detours with friends. The funny thing about all this is that once we got going, we could have written about five times as many sandwiches, easily. All for a pile of stuff smashed between two pieces of bread!
—Gabe Meline ) 22