Upon moving to Philly, Marc and I learned that Philly is well known for pretzels. While the fame of the cheesesteak seems to overshadow the pretzel, for us, this is a great sadness. While I don’t care much for cheesesteaks at all (blasphemy, I know) I really love a great pretzel sandwich. We first had one at TenStone pub. And then we discovered that you could buy pretzel baguettes at Whole Foods and we started making our own Pretzel Sandwiches at home once and awhile. We found the perfect mustard and chose a favorite beer. And then Whole Foods stopped carrying them. It was really sad. Finally, after a weekend of cooking with my friends Susan and Katie I was exposed to homemade pretzels via smittenkitchen. I went back to the Martha Stewart source recipe and re-sized it to make big pretzel rolls and voila! Marc and I were back in business. Of course I’ll share my favorite mustard and beer with you, but you should experiment yourself too every time you have delicious Pretzel Sandwiches. … Continue reading →