I'm no sandwich connoisseur but I do ♥️ sandwiches.

I doubt I ♥️ them as much as the author but I'm always looking for ways to up my sandwich game.

I eat the same types of sandwich over and over; tuna, egg, chicken...you see what I mean?

I enjoyed the brief snippets of history for each historical sandwich and the remix the author provides to make it tastier and modern.

Be warned most of these sandwiches aren't heart healthy: nearly every sandwich is slathered in mayo, bacon, and has bacon so some sandwiches would be considered quite a treat for lunch.

Some of these sandwiches were tempting and I'll definitely give them a try.

Huge plus: ♥️ there's a mouthwatering photo for nearly every sandwich!

I picked up this book while I was browsing on Netgalley. It just looked like fun. The author has scoured old cookbooks from the mid-1800s to the 1970s for sandwich ideas. He researched recipes and rewrote them with standardized measurements so each recipe makes one sandwich. For many of the recipes he then presents ideas of how to enhance them to suit today’s tastes.

I think my favorite recipe was for the toast sandwich. That is just about what it sounds like. Take a piece of toasted bread and put it between two untoasted pieces of bread. It was recommended for sick people who couldn’t handle anything harder to digest.

The rest of the recipes are more complex. There are several variations on club sandwiches and grilled cheeses. There are a lot of flavor combinations that I would have never thought of. I don’t know that I would ever end up making anything from this book but it was bright and colorful with delightful commentary on the recipes and the history surrounding them. I also really enjoyed the sections of the history of mustard, mayo, and ketchup. This is a fun read!

Well, I finished reading this cookbook and now I'm hungry. Sandwiched of History includes a wide variety of sandwich recipes with easy to follow steps and drool-worthy photos. Come for the recipes, leave with some additional sandwich history!

Thanks to Quarto Publishing Group - Harvard Common Press and NetGalley for an eARC of this cookbook for an honest review!

A well-organised recipe book with short histories of some famous sandwiches.
The unique tips were the highlight and I liked the Korean sandwich recipe.
I must admit that I am fond of particular types of sandwiches only and the majority of the recipes in this book did not appeal to me; however to be fair, this is a lovely and handy sandwich book for popular sandwich lovers.

Thank you Harvard Common Press and NetGalley for the eARC of Sandwiches of History: The Cookbook! All opinions in this review are my own.

This was such a fun read and would make a great gift for any sandwich lover! I like how the author included the history of each sandwich and ways to enhance them too! I can't wait to try some of these!