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600 complete recipes from the same cookbook that lives inside Kwilt.

French jambon-beurre baguettes with cool salted cultured butter and loosely folded jambon de Paris, with cornichons alongside.

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

Dutch uitsmijter with open-faced buttered bread, ham, young Gouda, three sunny eggs, chives, and pickles.

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

Turkey avocado wrap cut on the bias with deli turkey, avocado spread and slices, lettuce, cucumber, carrot, and lime-pickled red onion.

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

French croque monsieur with toasted pain de mie, jambon de Paris, Gruyère, and browned béchamel topping.

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 bacon butties with hot back bacon in soft buttered white bread, brown sauce and ketchup alongside.

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

Closed diner-style tuna melt with golden rye, molten cheddar, chunky celery-caper tuna salad, and pickles.

American · Lunch & handhelds

Tuna melt

A crisp diner-style tuna melt with celery, red onion, dill, capers, lemon, and fully molten cheddar.

About 30 min4 sandwiches

Danish smoked-salmon smørrebrød with buttered rugbrød, horseradish cream, egg, radish, capers, dill, and lemon.

Danish · Lunch & handhelds

Smørrebrød with smoked salmon

Danish-style buttered rye spread with lemony horseradish cream, folded smoked salmon, jammy hard-cooked egg, radish, capers, and dill.

About 45 min4 open sandwiches

Turkey club sandwich cut into four triangles with three toast layers, turkey, bacon, lettuce, tomato, mayonnaise, and sandwich picks.

American · Lunch & handhelds

Turkey club sandwich

A true triple-decker turkey club with thin crisp bacon, lettuce, tomato, mayonnaise, and three slices of toast.

About 45 min4 club sandwiches

Classic Polish zapiekanka baguettes with browned mushrooms, melted Gouda, ketchup stripes, and chives.

Polish · Lunch & handhelds

Zapiekanka

Poland’s classic open baguette with deeply cooked mushrooms and onion, a blanket of yellow cheese, crisp edges, and the defining final stripe of ketchup.

About 45 min4 open sandwiches

Isan-style chicken larb with tender minced chicken, shallot, mint, cilantro, chile, lime, toasted-rice powder, lettuce, and cucumber.

Thai · Lunch & handhelds

Chicken larb lettuce cups

Warm minced chicken dressed off heat with lime, fish sauce, smoky chile, mint, and coarse toasted-rice powder, with crisp lettuce for wrapping.

About 40 min4 servings

Japanese tamago sando cut into neat crustless rectangles with creamy yolk dressing and small tender egg-white pieces in pillowy shokupan.

Japanese · Lunch & handhelds

Tamago sando

A pure Japanese egg sandwich: creamy hand-mashed egg salad seasoned with Kewpie, milk, and a trace of sugar on crustless shokupan.

About 45 min4 sandwiches

Sloppy Joe with deeply browned saucy ground beef, onion and pepper in thick sweet-tangy tomato sauce on a griddled soft bun.

American · Lunch & handhelds

Sloppy Joe

Deeply browned ground beef in a balanced sweet-tangy tomato sauce, piled onto soft griddled hamburger buns.

About 45 min6 sandwiches

Reuben sandwich with deep-golden rye, hot corned beef, squeezed sauerkraut, molten Swiss, and Russian dressing.

Jewish-American · Lunch & handhelds

Reuben sandwich

A hot deli-style Reuben with warm corned beef, well-drained sauerkraut, Swiss cheese, Russian dressing, and crisp rye.

About 35 min4 sandwiches

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