Food writer and broadcaster Marlena Spieler
- 5.11.08 Roving Feast: Difficult Days Demand a Happy Sandwich
- I was a slave to da man! seriously, my bosses were horrible sadistic people who enjoyed humiliating us poor workers--the no-nonsense Marcella from Marseilles who could lift twice her weight in salami and cheese, the timid South African Cecilia who sometimes made her cappucchino with a smiley-face of foam, and myself, a pocket-poor single mom who knew when someone needed a smile with their sandwich, and needed it badly. When I left--I believe I was fired for something like not wiping down the counter fast enough, or making too delicious a sandwich-- I took away not bitterness, I left with a great sandwich recipe, and fabulous sandwich-making skills.
