Tia sends this photo and writes: This fried egg, cheese, and tomato sandwich on rye made for an awesome lunch today! The sandwich was replete with all good things: The all-important cheesy goodness, the tangyness of the rye, the crunchiness that comes from toasting the rye, the multifaceted texture of the fried egg, and the coolness of the tomato. It was awesome! Sounds
Dan and Mark explore the best and worst foods for outdoor eating, including picnic lessons from Yogi Bear and Dan's mom. /mark Photo: Flickr CC / 22244945@N00
On this week's show, we give some insight into our latest GastroLab video, in which we experiment with ways to incorporate crispy, burnt cheese into grilled cheese. Then we replay the first ever Sporkful, which covered grilled cheese sandwiches. Remember that our GastroLab videos are available as a separate iTunes video podcast. Subscribe now! Photo: Flickr CC / Maggie Hoffman
We get awesome mail from Sporkful fans in our e-mail box. (And we really do read them all, even if it takes us a while, since it's just Dan and I, after all.) But despite muscular anti-spam technology, some junk mail does slip through. That's what I thought we were getting when we saw an e-mail about World Nutella Day.
Today's View is a love letter to the overstuffed Brazilian burger, the X-Tudo. From Dave: It boasts all the normal hamburger accompaniments like tomato, lettuce, onion, cheese and bacon, but goes above and beyond by having a slice of ham, fried egg, corn and potato sticks. Brazilians have added these ingredients to create a whole new dimension of taste and texture
Chicago, IL, 12:00 pm. Jacky in Chicago shares, nay, taunts us with this pic: "lobster, butternut squash, leeks, pear walnut pesto naan-wich." We want to know what you're eating. Send images to thesporkful@gmail.com. Please include the location and time of the picture, and describe the food. /mark