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Seared Scallop BLT with Candied Maple Bacon

by Jillian Bedell January 7, 2013

I don’t have an anecdote about bacon-wrapped scallops. I do have a bacon-wrapped shrimp anecdote, so I am going to tell that and then shoehorn scallops in at the end. Have you ever tried to shoehorn a scallop? Not as easy as one might think. I did recently enjoy some fried scallops at Bill’s Seafood [...]

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BLT-Flavored Lay’s Potato Chips vs. Actual Bacon, Lettuce, and Tomato

by Malcolm Bedell June 14, 2012

Introduction: Doesn’t it seem like junk food has gone particularly crazy lately? We’ve got bags of Bugles that taste just like caramel corn, fast-food tacos that use a giant nacho cheese Dorito as a shell, cheeseburgers that use grilled cheese sandwiches in place of buns, and vanilla ice cream sundaes studded with bacon. And now [...]

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Today's Sandwich: Turkey BLT Panini (Little Dog Coffee Shop)

Today’s Sandwich: Turkey BLT Panini (Little Dog Coffee Shop)

by Malcolm Bedell April 30, 2012

Today’s sandwich is the “Turkey BLT Panini” It combines smoked turkey, lettuce, tomato, and cheddar cheese with basil mayonnaise on focaccia. Location: 87 Maine Street, Brunswick Price: $7.95 Notes: Could the great state of Maine be the last remaining stronghold for the lowly wrap sandwich? I thought that, as a nation, we had agreed that [...]

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Today’s Sandwich: Turkey BLT (Wild Oats Bakery & Cafe)

by Malcolm Bedell March 15, 2012

Today’s sandwich is the “Turkey BLT” from the Wild Oats Bakery & Cafe in Brunswick. It combines smoked turkey, cheddar cheese, bacon, lettuce, tomatoes, and mayonnaise on fresh-baked potato bread. Location: 149 Maine Street, Brunswick Price: $6.95 Notes: Located in the picturesque Tontine Mall in Brunswick, next to a shop that seems to exclusively sell [...]

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Today’s Sandwich: Tomato Confit BLT (Homemade)

by Malcolm Bedell February 16, 2012

Today’s sandwich is the “Tomato Confit BLT.” It combines crisp bacon, Boston bibb lettuce, tomato confit, and mayonnaise on fresh-baked bread. Notes: Is there a better sandwich on planet Earth than the classic bacon, lettuce, and tomato sandwich? Variations on the sandwich’s classic structure are almost always completely unnecessary, and often take away from what [...]

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Today’s Sandwich: Fried Green Tomato BLT (Homemade)

by Jillian Bedell August 12, 2011

An admission of influence: today’s sandwich was inspired by the very first meal I had at Hot Suppa last summer. I was instantly smitten with the south-of-the-north homestyle aesthetic which includes sumptuous sides like macaroni & cheese, apple sauce, and dill pickle-y Bloody Marys with string beans and okra. Then it was winter and I [...]

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Today’s Sandwich: Thomas Keller’s “Late Night BLT with Fried Egg and Cheese” (Homemade)

by Malcolm Bedell April 21, 2011

I have the extraordinary ability to watch the film “Spanglish,” James L. Brooks’ 2004 tale of a Mexican immigrant mother and daughter who must cope with assimilation into a new culture, set in a wealthy family vacation home in Malibu, inhabited by a neurotic wife, her laid-back, award-winning chef husband, and their precocious children, over [...]

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Today’s Sandwich: Lobster B.L.T. (Homemade)

by Malcolm Bedell November 4, 2010

Notes: When the weather cools, and there is really amazing leftover thick-cut bacon in the fridge, a man’s fancy turns to B.L.Ts. And, being in Maine, and having unrestricted access to cheap, delicious lobster, we decided to ratchet up the richness quotient by making our BLTs with a quick lobster salad, made the old-fashioned way. [...]

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Today’s Sandwich: Shrimp BLT (Ohno! Cafe)

by Jillian Bedell August 17, 2010

Location: 87 Brackett Street Price: $17 for two sandwiches + sides Notes: Outside the Oh No Cafe on Brackett Street hangs a blue flag, and if you look carefully, there’s a sandwich board beneath it announcing lobster rolls and bisque. As we are making the rounds of charming neighborhood lunch spots, today I walked the [...]

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