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    Good Food

    American Icon: The Grilled Cheese Sandwich

    Laura Werlin is the author of Great Grilled Cheese: 50 Innovative Recipes for Stove Top, Grill, and Sandwich Maker and is an authority on American cheese. The Best Grilled Cheese Sandwich 8 1/4-inch slices sourdough 2 Tablespoons butter, softened 6 oz cheddar cheese, coarsely grated To assemble: Butter one side of each of the bread slices.

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    By Evan Kleiman • May 12, 2014 • 1 min read

    Laura Werlin is the author of

    Great Grilled Cheese: 50 Innovative Recipes for Stove Top, Grill, and Sandwich Maker

    and is an authority on American cheese.

    The Best Grilled Cheese Sandwich

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      Evan Kleiman

      host 'Good Food'

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      host and producer, 'UnFictional'

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      Jennifer Ferro

      Jennifer Ferro, President, KCRW, Los Angeles

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      Producer of Good Food and Special Projects

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    The full episode

    5 of 10
    Fish As Feed; Cooking Formulas; Vegan Soul Food; The Primitive Diet
    1. 0:00The Market Report
    2. 5:08Ann Arbor Farmers Market
    3. 9:37Fish As Animal Feed
    4. 17:22Ratio
    5. 24:48American Icon: The Grilled Cheese SandwichYou’re reading this
    6. 31:53The Primitive Diet
    7. 39:03The Handmade Life
    8. 43:00Amelia Saltsman's Grilled Cheese Sandwich
    9. 47:57Vegan Soul Food
    10. 53:19What To Do With Leftover Matzoh
    Back to Good Food