French · Lunch & handhelds
Jambon-beurre
The Parisian essential: crackling same-day baguette, a generous cool layer of salted cultured butter, and silky folds of mild jambon de Paris.
About 25 min4 sandwiches
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Swedish · Lunch & handhelds
Swedish meatball open sandwich
A Swedish köttbullemacka on buttered dark rye, layered with cool crisp lettuce, tender beef-and-pork meatballs, and creamy sweet-tart beet-and-apple salad.
About 1 hr 30 min4 open sandwiches
Modern · Lunch & handhelds
Mediterranean hummus veggie wrap
A sturdy lavash wrap spread edge to edge with exceptionally smooth lemon-tahini hummus, then layered with dry crisp vegetables, feta, olives, herbs, and za’atar.
About 1 hr 5 min4 wraps
Japanese · Lunch & handhelds
Salmon onigiri
Warm Japanese short-grain rice shaped gently around salty roasted salmon and wrapped with crisp nori at serving.
About 1 hr 30 min8 onigiri
Levantine · Lunch & handhelds
Chicken shawarma pita
Warm-spiced chicken shawarma with charred edges, tucked into thin pita with bracing cucumber pickles and a creamy, eggless Lebanese garlic sauce.
About 5 hr6 pitas
Italian · Lunch & handhelds
Mortadella focaccia sandwich
Olive-oil focaccia baked from scratch and filled warm with tissue-thin Mortadella Bologna, cool burrata, and a savory toasted-pistachio cream.
About 4 hr4 sandwiches
Korean · Lunch & handhelds
Ssambap rice wraps
Warm sesame-seasoned short-grain rice wrapped in fresh and blanched leaves with a thick vegetable-rich gang-doenjang.
About 1 hr 35 min16 rice wraps
Welsh · Lunch & handhelds
Welsh rarebit
Sharp Cheddar melted into a stout, mustard, and Worcestershire roux, chilled to a spreadable paste, then grilled hard over toast until burnished and bubbling.
About 1 hr4 toasts
Portuguese · Lunch & handhelds
Bifana pork sandwich
A Vendas Novas–leaning Portuguese bifana: paper-thin pork loin quickly fried in garlic butter, tucked into a lightly toasted papo seco moistened with the concentrated pan juices.
About 1 hr 40 min4 sandwiches
Jamaican · Lunch & handhelds
Jerk chicken wrap
Smoke-darkened Jamaican jerk chicken thighs sliced into warm flatbread with a restrained lime cabbage slaw, preserving Scotch bonnet, pimento, thyme, and charcoal at the center.
About 9 hr6 wraps
Modern · Lunch & handhelds
Pesto pasta lunch salad
Al dente fusilli coated while warm in vivid basil-pistachio pesto, then cooled with lemony tomatoes, mozzarella, arugula, and toasted nuts for a substantial lunch salad.
About 1 hr 10 min6 lunch servings
Argentine · Lunch & handhelds
Lomito sandwich
Argentine lomito completo with a thin seared beef cutlet, ham, melted cheese, fried egg, tomato, lettuce, and mayonnaise on a crisp roll.
About 55 min4 sandwiches
Mexican · Lunch & handhelds
Chicken tinga tostadas
Crisp corn tostadas spread with beans and topped with Puebla-style smoky tomato-chipotle chicken, lettuce, avocado, crema, and queso fresco.
About 1 hr 30 min8 tostadas
Brazilian · Lunch & handhelds
Bauru sandwich
The original São Paulo Bauru: thin roast beef, tomato, cucumber pickle, oregano, and a molten four-cheese blend in hollowed pão francês.
About 2 hr 5 min4 sandwiches
South African · Lunch & handhelds
Durban bunny chow
Durban-style lamb curry with a thick, clinging gravy and tender potatoes packed into hollowed white-bread quarters, with the saved bread plugs and sharp carrot sambal.
About 2 hr 50 min4 bread loaves
Dutch · Lunch & handhelds
Uitsmijter
A Dutch open-faced lunch of buttered white bread, mild ham, young Gouda, and sunny fried eggs with fully set whites and soft yolks.
About 20 min2 open-faced lunches
Mexican · Lunch & handhelds
Bean and cheese quesadillas
Fresh corn-masa quesadillas folded around thick onion-scented pinto beans and stretchy Oaxaca cheese, with a roasted tomatillo-serrano salsa.
About 1 hr 30 min10 quesadillas
American · Lunch & handhelds
Turkey avocado wrap
A tight turkey-avocado lunch wrap with lime-Dijon spread, crisp lettuce, cucumber, carrots, and drained pickled onion.
About 30 min4 wraps
Chinese · Lunch & handhelds
Rou jia mo
Shaanxi-style chopped spice-braised pork tucked into crisp-shelled, chewy homemade bai ji mo flatbreads.
About 4 hr 25 min8 sandwiches
Italian · Lunch & handhelds
Piadina romagnola
A lard-tender Romagnolo griddle bread, rolled thick enough to stay tender and folded warm around prosciutto crudo, soft squacquerone, and peppery arugula.
About 1 hr 20 min6 filled piadine
Honduran · Lunch & handhelds
Bean and egg baleadas
Soft chewy Honduran flour tortillas folded around creamy fried red beans, softly scrambled egg, salty white cheese, crema, and avocado.
About 1 hr 50 min6 baleadas
French · Lunch & handhelds
Croque monsieur
A Parisian ham-and-Gruyère sandwich layered with Dijon béchamel, toasted through, then broiled until its cheese cap bubbles and bronzes.
About 45 min4 sandwiches
British · Lunch & handhelds
Bacon butty
A British caff classic of hot dry-cured back bacon with crisped fat, soft white buttered bread, and the diner’s choice of tangy brown or tomato sauce.
About 25 min4 sandwiches
Japanese · Lunch & handhelds
Chicken katsu sando
Juicy panko-crusted chicken, finely shredded cabbage, mustard, and homemade tonkatsu sauce between pillowy shokupan.
About 1 hr4 sandwiches