BREAD IN AMERICA and MICHELIN CHEF’S SANDWICHES
I have always adored sandwiches. Even with growing up in England without P&J.
Perhaps why.
Part of what I adore is the conversation between John Monatagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich and John Wilkes (1725-1797), an English radical, journalist and politician who supported the American rebels during the War of Independence.
The legend is that Sandwich, unwilling to leave the gambling tables had his servants bring him meat between two pieces of bread. Others began ordering “the same as Sandwich.”
But there was time for insults. Perhaps the Earl had lost a game to Wilkes:
Lord Sandwich:
"Sir, I do not know whether you will die on the gallows or of the pox."
John Wilkes:
"That depends, my lord, on whether I embrace your lordship's principles or your mistress."
Regardless of embraces, it is really all about the bread.
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