Carlos Frías
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Writer, reader, eater, sleeper | 2x James Beard Award | Simon & Schuster author “Take Me With You” | Miami Herald alum | Food writer | Miami arts & culture | “Sandwich freak” | carlosfrias.com
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September 30, 2025 at 6:39 PM
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This was a surprise. But I think this is one of the few that will reopen; it’s basically overflow for Macchialina. When tourist season picks up (if it does?), they’ll need the space.
August 27, 2025 at 11:44 AM
This was a surprise. But I think this is one of the few that will reopen; it’s basically overflow for Macchialina. When tourist season picks up (if it does?), they’ll need the space.
I think you’re absolutely right. Andy would have appreciated this.
August 23, 2025 at 3:20 AM
I think you’re absolutely right. Andy would have appreciated this.
Terrible, man. Such a shock.
August 23, 2025 at 2:24 AM
Terrible, man. Such a shock.
Man just as I was thinking about this, I hear this news: carlosfrias.com/blog/f/cuban...
Remembering Cuban sandwich historian Andy Huse, dead at 52
We’ve lost a great historian — of food, of Tampa, of Florida, and, yes, of the Cuban sandwich — Andy Huse.
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August 23, 2025 at 1:13 AM
Man just as I was thinking about this, I hear this news: carlosfrias.com/blog/f/cuban...
There is not a single source referenced in that story. Not one person, not a single line of research. The whole Earl of Sandwich thing, moreover, has been proven apocryphal.
August 22, 2025 at 7:29 PM
There is not a single source referenced in that story. Not one person, not a single line of research. The whole Earl of Sandwich thing, moreover, has been proven apocryphal.
Clearly more scholarly research — on the island — is required. But I don’t think we can assume this was a sandwich for the working class poor. Sandwiches in Cuba were mostly for the upper crust (pardon the pun), crusts cut off. Luncheon treats.
August 21, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Clearly more scholarly research — on the island — is required. But I don’t think we can assume this was a sandwich for the working class poor. Sandwiches in Cuba were mostly for the upper crust (pardon the pun), crusts cut off. Luncheon treats.
Here's a little story they wrote this week> www.usf.edu/news/2025/th...
The Cuban sandwich story: How USF played a surprising role in its rise to fame
The University of South Florida has played a major role in shaping the Cuban sandwich's legacy — from researching its history and refining Cuban bread baking methods to inspiring the creation of Natio...
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August 21, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Here's a little story they wrote this week> www.usf.edu/news/2025/th...
Andy Huse (of USF) wrote in The Cuban Sandwich: A History in Layers that the sandwich was invented in Cuba because of course it was. Tampa later added salami and called it a Cuban sandwich. So: Just because LA invented the california roll doesn't mean they invented sushi.
August 21, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Andy Huse (of USF) wrote in The Cuban Sandwich: A History in Layers that the sandwich was invented in Cuba because of course it was. Tampa later added salami and called it a Cuban sandwich. So: Just because LA invented the california roll doesn't mean they invented sushi.