What’s in YOUR Sandwich?

This is exciting.

Some smart food friendly friends of ours gave us a call last week to tell us about a project they are working on. We loved it so much that we persuaded them to let us try it out before the rest of the world (it just launched this week!). What does this have to do with sandwiches? Hang tight for a second I’m getting there. First off, it’s called Capture and it’s an iPhone app that lets us collaborate on stuff we eat with the best submissions being featured on Forking Tasty. There’s tons more that’s cool about it too but let’s get to the sandwich part first.

You may have noticed we’re obsessed with sandwiches lately. You may have even watched a few of our ‘WichHunting episodes. With that in mind we want you to show us your favorite sammie, hoagie, hero, sub, grinder, dagwood or torpedo. The top 5 will be featured in our upcoming “Sandwiches Rule” post. Our favorite will become the focus of our next ’WichHunting episode and the FT reader who submits it even gets to cameo in the video.

Sound fun? It is.

Now, in order for this to work there are a few small steps you need to take. (Sorry to those readers without an iPhone. Android and Win Phone coming soon.)
1. Download the Capture App
2. Open the app. You’ll see our request front and center.
3. Click on the request and send in the photo of your favorite, current, last, next or friends sandwich. (shoot it cross section like the above image)
4. Eat, digest and wait to hear from us.

We’d love as many of you in on this one as possible but we’ll be doing this again. Hopefully a lot. So if you take the bench on this one we’ll get in on a future story soon. Just remember to keep peeking at your Capture app.

RECAP-REEL TASTY: A Bronx Tale

photo credit: Kun Kim

You talkin’ to me?

The season 4 opener of REEL TASTY was quite the oasis of an evening. It may have taken us a while to get going this year but we kicked off with a bang. The night itself was an unexpected 84 degree evening complete with a slight breeze. Sandwiched between two blistering hot weeks in July, we lucked out is an understatement.

For those who are unfamiliar with our dinners, Reel Tasty is Forking Tasty’s summer supper club where we screen a movie on a 2 story building while our guests sample some of our latest and tastiest gourmet creations. This year we twisted it up a little by…

I Want To Join A Burger Club… This Burger Club?

The Southerner and I had a tough morning trying to figure out the perfect place for a Brunch/Lunch. The first place we thought of was to far away, the next place was BYOB, the next place was cash only, ugh! We decided to head to Il Bambino which you may remember from our Wich Hunt episode 2. We finally both agreed and were off and we were starving. Then all of a sudden on our way to lunch we hit a street fair….

‘Wich Hunting: E2 clip of the week

‘Wich Hunting: Episode 4

Souptown – Orderville, Utah

A random stop on state road 89 on the back side of Zion national park. What a find!

About ‘Wich Hunting: Anthony and I have travelled the world eating everything from Balut in the Philippines to blood sausage in Argentina. In every destination there has always been a sandwich shop. Some were good and some were bad but they all had their unique take on this ubiquitous meal. The origin of the sandwich is highly debated and we’ll dive into that on our journey as we discover, taste and debate the best sandwiches in the world.

‘Wich Hunting

Anthony and I have travelled the world eating everything from Balut in the Philippines to blood sausage in Argentina. In every destination there has always been a sandwich shop. Some were good and some were bad but they all had their unique take on this ubiquitous meal. The origin of the sandwich is highly debated [...]

Ultimate Sandwich

It’s no surprise that today I am posting about a sandwich given my recent overactive Instagram stream. I dedicate this post to MY perfect sandwich. A perfect blend of nostalgia, haute cuisine and comfort food. How is that possible you ask? Well, let me break it down. Before I go any further it should be noted that this sandwich was served to a crowd of A-list chef’s during last years Michelin Guide party. Michael White, Jean Georges and  David Bouley all savored bites but the best quote came from Mr. Eric Ripert. After his taste he told me to let me mother know she’d done a good thing. I’m not sure if he was talking about her chicken cacciatore recipe or raising me to cook well. Either way, a nice compliment for both of us.

So, back to the sandwich. The nostalgia is, yes, my mother’s classic chicken cacciatore recipe. A mid-week staple in the Anello house while growing up. Better than the original meal were the “on-the-go” sandwiches we’d create the next day with whatever bread, roll, pita was laying around in the breadbox. Yes, we did have a breadbox. I loved it. The haute component is both the size, the slow braise on the chicken and the addition of two new components to my mom’s original recipe, caramelized shallots and a roasted cherry tomato. Maybe the most important part of this sandwich is my last explanatory adjective, comfort food. Everything about how I cook is comfortable (with that Italian-American slant). This sandwich is no exception defined first by the rich and silky sauce. Secondly, the sauce soaked focaccia the other ingredients live between. Even with the skewer you can’t eat this sandwich without getting a little sauce on your fingers. The way to clean that up is with your tongue not your napkin. A small, some may say maniacal, way for me to force eaters to connect with their food a little more. Evil or not, it works.

We will someday recreate these for the public but for now we are slowly working our way through HUGE sandwich research. You can follow the experiments here.

‘Wich Hunting: Episode 3

Primanti Brothers – Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Double stuffed, mile high sandwiches made with love for the last 79 years. Get there.

About ‘Wich Hunting: Anthony and I have travelled the world eating everything from Balut in the Philippines to blood sausage in Argentina. In every destination there has always been a sandwich shop. Some were good and some were bad but they all had their unique take on this ubiquitous meal. The origin of the sandwich is highly debated and we’ll dive into that on our journey as we discover, taste and debate the best sandwiches in the world.

‘Wich Hunting: Episode 2

Il Bambino – Astoria, Queens, New York

About ‘Wich Hunting: Anthony and I have travelled the world eating everything from Balut in the Philippines to blood sausage in Argentina. In every destination there has always been a sandwich shop. Some were good and some were bad but they all had their unique take on this ubiquitous meal. The origin of the sandwich is highly debated and we’ll dive into that on our journey as we discover, taste and debate the best sandwiches in the world.