Something Special at Specialtys - the joy of a smashy sandwich

I was searching through some older photos of food when I came across this gem. It's one of my favorites not only because it's a sticky stick, 'muh bread's stickin' to much mouf' type o' sandwich, but because it's from one of my near and dear SF haunts, Specialty's Cafe and Bakery. They bake all their bread fresh, and make amazing, giant wobbly shaped cookies that are enough to send your throat shivering from the sugar halfway to China and back.

My heart WAS, in fact, left in SF, so I am particularly biased when it comes to the cities eateries, but I ask you, is there anything sexier than this sandwich right now? (and what's sexier than that bread? that smashed bread? that smashed, warm, freshly oven-ed bread?.... that's right, NOTHING)


Oh! I think I feel my heart beating a little bit stronger! sigh, swoon, shoooooooo (faint)

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The Many Wonders of Toast

Oh how I love a little swath of mayonnaise/God nectar on some grilled cheese with onion




And the time I accidentally threaded gold with my honey and peanut butter snack



In Santa Cruz I used to stack piles of Sun Maid raisin bread on top of one another for a midnight party snack, buttering feverishly all it's nooks and crannies, until a big, strong knife came and sliced right through the batch. *CRUNCH*

OMG! "I'm toast, let me just be perfect and amazing and gorgeous and crunchy."

I am currently obsessed with Rudi's Organic Sourdough Bread for making some of the best toast I have ever had: dense, tightly woven, cake-like, with a light and crispy, solid toast finish. (no sagging!)

(Wow, I sound like Paddington Bear and Alton Brown all rolled into one.)