ipapaveri

ipapaveri OP t1_jedc8a6 wrote

Reply to comment by Unlucky-Sir322 in This is a random ask, but I just ordered a fairly disappointing roast beef sandwich. What are your recs for the best roast beef sandwich in town? by ipapaveri

All those options sound intriguing — but the sandwich I'm looking for is peak flavor & peak simplicity: (med) rare road beef, kaiser roll, mayo, tomato, maybe shredded lettuce, maybe swiss cheese. It almost sounds boring, I know, but there’s roast beef — and then there’s Roast Beef. I'm looking for the sandwich that becomes your new standard.

Millers is one of the ones I’ve tried, and it was a little underwhelming.

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ipapaveri t1_j5ecc59 wrote

Reply to Going back to prison, need awesome recommendations!!!! by Season666

I just put this list together for a friend the other day, so I'll post it here to see if anything sparks.

  • The Poisonwood Bible, Prodigal Summer, The Bean Trees, Animal Dreams, and Pigs in Heaven --> all by Barbara Kingsolver

  • Bel Canto by Ann Patchett

  • The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay by Michael Chabon

  • Fall on Your Knees by Ann-Marie MacDonald

  • Empire Falls by Richard Russo

  • Beloved by Toni Morrison

  • Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel (this is the first of a trilogy — read all three, they're incredible)

  • The Sparrow by Mary Doria Russell

  • The City We Became by N. K. Jemison

  • Jitterbug Perfume, Skinny Legs and All --> both by Tom Robbins

  • The Historian, The Shadow Land --> both by Elizabeth Kostova

  • Rules of Civility, A Gentleman in Moscow --> both by Amor Towles

  • Case Histories, Behind the Scenes at the Museum --> both by Kate Atkinson

  • Invisible Cities by Italo Calvino

  • Evidence of Things Unseen by Marianne Wiggins

  • Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides

  • American Gods by Neil Gaiman

  • Good Omens by Neil Gaiman & Terry Pratchett

  • The Hours by Michael Cunningham

  • The Razor’s Edge by W. Somerset Maugham

  • The Cellist of Sarajevo by Steven Galloway

  • The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki Murakami

  • Corelli’s Mandolin by Louis de Bernières

  • Dreaming in Cuban by Christina Garcia

  • The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini

  • Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell by Susanna Clarke

  • The Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan Kundera

  • Tinkers by Paul Harding

  • Mr. Penumbra’s 24-Hour Bookstore by Robin Sloan

  • All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr

  • The Elegance of the Hedgehog by Muriel Barbary

  • Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguru

  • The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy

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