Karen Kaplan

Even though OPEN FACED: Single-Slice Sandwiches from Around the World is my first solo cookbook with both text and recipes created by yours truly, you might have seen my work in other cookbooks: I wrote the text for The Biggest Loser Cookbook; wrote the text and edited the recipes for Thermador, Taste of America, The Great American Oven Cookbook; and edited the recipes for Israel Eats by Steven Rothfeld, Monet’s Palate Cookbook, by Aileen Boardman and Derek Fell, and Pierogi Love, by Casey Barber, among others. And of course for the twenty years I worked at Bon Appétit magazine, my writing, recipes and editing were featured monthly!

OPEN FACED: Single-Slice Sandwiches from Around the World has 65 simple yet sophisticated recipes for open-faced sandwiches from France, Italy, Spain, Scandinavia, Germany, Russia, Britain, Mexico and America. There is history, lore, interesting anecdotes, fantastic wine and spirit suggestions and clever tips. So buy one book for yourself and another for a friend; it makes a wonderful hostess or holiday gift. Whether you are a hardcore aficionado of tartines, bruschette, crostini, montaditos et al., or you are new to the delicious world of sandwiches of the open-faced variety, I promise you that this will become an indispensible cookbook both for weekday meals and special occasions.