This Is the Best Bread for Your BLT
There are a bunch of ways to improve a BLT’s filling—marinate the tomatoes, waffle a bacon patty, or add stealth bacon—but what about that bread? That toasted, crumbly, roof-of-your-mouth-ruining toast?…
10 Tasty Ways You Should Be Eating Tomatoes
It’s the most wonderful time of the year—tomato season. Tomato season is brief and fleeting, however, so it’s best to go into it with a plan to maximize the potential…
Swap Tomatoes for Peaches, and Make a BLP
Photo: Claire Lower Tomatoes are my favorite summer fruit, quickly followed by peaches. The former gets used in mostly savory applications, while the latter is relegated to the world of…
Marinate Your Tomatoes for Extra Flavorful BLTs
Photo: Shutterstock (Shutterstock) The BLT is a simple sandwich, but simplicity demands excellence. Each component plays an important role, and maximizing the crisp saltiness of the bacon, the crunch of…
Make a Better BLT With a Waffled Bacon Patty
There’s never enough B in my BLT, but the problem isn’t solved by simply adding more bacon. It’s the size, thickness, and shape. The bacon strips are thin and insubstantial;…
Your BLT Needs This Stealth Bacon
A BLT is a pretty perfect sandwich. I don’t thing I need to explain why the combination of crispy, salty bacon, crunchy lettuce, creamy mayo, and juicy tomatoes taste good…
Give Your Sandwich More Texture by Adding ‘Planks’ of Iceberg Lettuce
Photo: Marie C Fields (Shutterstock) I love iceberg lettuce. It may not taste like much, but the cool, crisp crunch it brings to meat-and-cheese-heavy salads (such as the glorious wedge)…
Always Cook Extra Bacon, Recipes Be Damned
Photo: Claire Lower It is impossible to cook bacon with out stealing a strip, a lardon, or a bit during the process. I wouldn’t even call it stealing; as the…