Take a taste bud–driven tour around the world in 52 delectably daring and fabulously photogenic sandwich recipes.
From the creative culinary minds of Dutch chefs Samuel Levie and Joris Bijdendijk comes
Sandwiches!, a stylish, globe-trotting celebration of the sandwich in all its delicious forms. Forget bland PB&J—this is a bold, colorful, and endlessly inventive journey through 52 recipes featuring toasted sandwiches, open-faced sandos, buns, rolls, and next-level sammies.
Whether it’s a Croque-Monsieur straight out of Paris, a spicy chipotle chicken bun with cinnamon kick, a meatball roll loaded with fresh herbs, or a buttery lobster roll that you’ll want to keep all to yourself, these sandwiches are anything but basic. Each recipe is paired with striking, artful photography and smart styling, making this book as fun to flip through as it is to cook from.
Inside
Sandwiches! you’ll find:
- 52 globally inspired sandwich recipes for every week of the year
- Recipes for homemade sandwich loaves, baguettes, brioche, pita, buns, and the Perfect Toasted Bread to fill, toast, and devour
- Creative condiments such as homemade crispy chili oil, harissa, hot honey, ketchup, mayo, mustard, sambal, kimchi, peanut butter, and even pickles to layer on the flavor
- Sweet recipes, including ice cream sandwich, pudding roll, and a chocolate-miso-caramel confection on brioche that will blow your tastebuds
- Stylish, high-impact food photography that jumps off the page
Sandwiches! is equal parts cookbook, travelogue, and eye candy. It's ideal for adventurous home cooks, sandwich obsessives, and anyone with a soft spot for perfectly toasted, overstuffed, flavor-packed bites.
So, grab some napkins—and maybe your passport. These sandwiches are going places.
Joris Bijdendijk is the executive chef of Amsterdam’s Michelin-starred restaurants RIJKS and Wils, as well as Wils Bakery Café. Known for blending French technique with Dutch soul, he’s the author of several acclaimed cookbooks.
Samuel Levie is a chef, sausage maker, and writer whose mission is simple: to make the world a little more joyful, one bite at a time. He co-founded the charcuterie brand Brandt & Levie and has been a food writer for Het Parool for more than a decade.
