Boudin Sandwich
Cajun boudin is a soft link of pork, liver and seasoned rice, squeezed from its casing onto soft white bread in the gas stations and meat markets of Acadiana. The rice-sausage of southwest Louisiana.
Regional American Specialties
Benedictine Sandwich
Cream cheese and drained cucumber in one pale-green paste, invented by a Louisville caterer for her own tea trays. Kentucky's answer to pimento cheese, and Derby season's standing order.
Bánh Mì (American)
The US-adapted bánh mì softens the Saigon original, starting with a heavier bread. Chieu Lê's 1981 food truck and Lee's Sandwiches carried it to an American audience that had never eaten one.
Arizona Cheese Crisp Sandwich
An Arizona cheese crisp cooks the tortilla itself: a large flour round, buttered, blanketed in cheese, broiled rigid and blistered, then cut into shards. Tucson's open-faced, never-folded crisp.