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# Ham & Cheese at The Parish Cafe
- URL: https://onesandwich.com/healdsburg-the-parish-cafe-ham-and-cheese/
- Published: 2026-10-13T14:28:08.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-13T14:28:08.000Z
- Description: Black forest ham, provolone cheese, mayo, lettuce, tomato, pickles on Baguette. Sandwich Score 89, outstanding. At The Parish Cafe, Healdsburg.
- Author: Andrew Lekashman
- Tags: USA, California, #shop-sandwich, #auto-imported

A sandwich at [The Parish Cafe](https://onesandwich.com/healdsburg-the-parish-cafe/), a sandwich shop in Healdsburg, California.

BaguettePickle (cucumber)TomatoLettuceMayonnaiseProvoloneHamBaguette

**89**

Sandwich Score  
out of 100 · outstanding

Outstanding, and the road to 90 is open.

Uncharted, six of six roles, most layers have a partner.

Balance

98

Harmony

97

Contrast

96

Structure

100

Focus

90

Composition

88

Quality

100

Envelope

99

More salt than 90% of the catalog.

Each bar is one pillar of the score, 0 to 100\. The tick marks what a sandwich at the summit needs; an amber bar is the one holding this sandwich back.

**Baguette (inferred from the kind of sandwich)**, served cold: black forest ham; provolone cheese; mayo; lettuce; tomato; pickles.

## Balance

salt2.2 · 90thacid1.5 · 90thfat2.1 · 48thsweet0.5 · 65thumami1.8 · 63rdheat0.0bitter0.1 · 38th

__Flavor axes__
| Axis   | Value | Catalog percentile |
| ------ | ----- | ------------------ |
| salt   | 2.2   | 90th               |
| acid   | 1.5   | 90th               |
| fat    | 2.1   | 48th               |
| sweet  | 0.5   | 65th               |
| umami  | 1.8   | 63rd               |
| heat   | 0.0   | n/a                |
| bitter | 0.1   | 38th               |

**98** Balance, out of 100

The seven flavor axes of the whole sandwich, each summed across its layers. The shaded ring is the catalog's middle 80%; the small number under each axis is where this sandwich falls in the catalog. A shape that sits inside the ring is in the range most sandwiches live in; a spike past it is where this one stands apart.

## What each layer brings

| Layer                                         | Role    | Flavor and texture                      | Points    |
| --------------------------------------------- | ------- | --------------------------------------- | --------- |
| Baguette (inferred from the kind of sandwich) | bread   | crispy soft flaky                       | the frame |
| black forest hamscored as Ham                 | protein | salt 4 umami 4 fat 3 soft silky tender  | **+17**   |
| provolone cheesescored as Provolone           | protein | fat 3 umami 3 salt 2 soft melty         | **+1**    |
| mayoscored as Mayonnaise                      | sauce   | fat 5 acid 2 creamy saucy               | **+12**   |
| lettuce                                       | texture | crunchy juicy fresh                     | **+22**   |
| tomato                                        | texture | acid 3 umami 3 sweet 2 juicy soft fresh | **+22**   |
| picklesscored as Pickle (cucumber)            | acid    | acid 5 salt 4 crunchy juicy pickled     | **+7**    |

Points: what the Sandwich Score would lose if that one layer were left out, everything else the same. A negative number means the sandwich scores higher without it. Flavor runs 0 to 5 on each axis.

## Pairings

- **Ham + Pickle (cucumber)**: the cubano lesson: brine cuts cured pork
- **Mayonnaise + Tomato**: summer tomato sandwich: acid on rich

## How to raise it

- Outstanding, not legendary: the menu does not name its bread.

[All the sandwiches at The Parish Cafe](https://onesandwich.com/healdsburg-the-parish-cafe/) · [The menu this was read from](https://theparishcafe.com/menu?ref=onesandwich.com) · [Build your own in the Sandwich Builder](https://onesandwich.com/builder/)

Menu read 2026-09; items and prices change. The score is the site's opinion of the recipe as listed, not a review of the shop; tiers and house-made marks follow the menu's own wording.