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Article: A Grilled Cheese Course: Everyone From Kraft to Julia Child Has Something to Say About the Sandwich
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- The Washington Post
- Article date:
- January 29, 1997
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It's hot and crisp and gooey at the same time. Decadently
fatty, yet somehow austere-looking. A worthy choice when you want to
sink into something "comfortable" on a raw, cold day. Sigh.
Wait a minute. Why is a major news organization devoting
attention to a couple of orange slabs melted between two slices of
bread? A grilled cheese sandwich is not exactly a late-breaking
recipe.
Think again.
Grilled cheese is more than what you ate for dinner every
other night in the first grade, and more than the cheese crisped
crusts you now snitch from your kid's plate. It's historical.
"Bread and cheese . . . this is probably one of the most
ancient combinations," says Francois Dionot, ...