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What's your perfect tomato sandwich?
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The Consummation
The Consummation: ($12)
Long-time friends of Big Jones will remember Laura, our super sweet long-time server who moved to Austin a couple of years back. As much as we m...
more »Pairing: Anything Champagne goes with, so anything.
Posted 05/05/13 - Share this entry
Colonial Lamb Daube with Creamed Barley, peas, and fried rosemary

Colonial Lamb Daube with Creamed Barley, peas, and fried rosemary: ($24)
Daube is kind of a unique Southern dish in that it has a history in both the Lowcountry and South Louisiana, brought to colonial Carolina by the Hu... more »
Pairing: Nebbiolo or another high-acid red wine
farmers' market, heritage, historical dish, humanely raised, morels, regional favorite, regional specialty, sustainable, and whole animal
Posted 04/24/13 - Share this entry
Chatham Artillery Punch
Chatham Artillery Punch: ($10)
When we decided more than a year ago to make punch a part of our beverage program, the inspiration was two-fold: I had recently read David Wondr...
more »Pairing: Great company
house pickling, jam/preserves in cocktails, kitchen-crafted cocktails, punch, regional favorite, regional specialty, tea cocktails, and vintage cocktails
Posted 04/23/13 - Share this entry

Executive Chef/Owner
Big Jones
Chicago, IL
Truth be told, I'm not big on tomato sandwiches. If I'm eating tomatoes at home, chances are I'm slicing heirlooms (Sudduth's Strain Brandywine and Mortgage lifters my favorites) and dressing them with a splash of good red wine vinegar, olive oil, a turn or two on the pepper mill, Maldon salt, and a sprinkling of herbs including tarragon and chives most essentially. Maybe a little hard sheep's milk cheese. I'll also just slice them and eat them as is. Were I to make a tomato sandwich, it would involve a soft white bread, good homemade mayonnaise (or Duke's in a pinch,) and a little black pepper. No Need to get fancy. My favorite sandwich which uses tomato is of course a BLT and I'll take my home made Big Jones bacon, cut thick and pan-fried so it's crisp around the edges but still creamy and chewy in the center, toasted whole grain bread, thick slices of tomato, and home-grown leaf lettuce with lots of good mayonnaise.