CHICAGO (WLS) -- The humble torta is one thing. But the cemita - originating in the Mexican region of Puebla and served throughout the day at Cemitas Puebla - is quite another. "Cemita gets its name ...

Sandwich of the Week is For The Win’s weekly celebration of sandwiches. If you have a sandwich you’d like to recommend, please direct it to the author’s Facebook page. Less talk, more rock. Straight ...

This story of El Chingon starts in Mexico 40-some years ago. So stick with me a minute, okay? Mexico, 40-some years ago, was where chef Juan Carlos Aparicio first learned to cook — at his mother’s hip ...

Pick one up at Cemitas Poblanas. (You know the food is gonna be good when the restaurant's name is just the name of the thing they serve.) Every other Wednesday, Sub Missives tells the stories of the ...

Indulge me for one more column, gentle readers, in my local culinary dreams. We talked about the fulfillment of my zacatecano and Colombian dinner desires last week; now, let me rant about the curious ...

When it comes to quick Mexican eats, the taco immediately comes to mind. But Mexico has serious sandwich game with both the tortaworld and its cousin, the imposing, gut-busting, incredible cemita. A ...

When it comes to the cemita poblana, Puebla’s famed roll for which a whole category of tortas is named, I’ve mostly experienced disappointment. Here in L.A., I’ve never been quite satisfied when ...

Until now, cemitas poblanas, the heroically proportioned, sumptuously layered central Mexican answer to Dagwood sandwiches, have been more or less relegated to cult status. But lately, these Pueblan ...

Cemitas Mane Mane opened at 18th and Mission a month ago. The restaurant brings the popular Pueblan sandwich to the Mission District. Photo by Oscar Palma. The beginning of the year brings Mission ...

Peeling back the top of a sandwich from a Mexican bodega can sometimes cause momentary confusion. “Where’s the pickled jalapeño? What’s this green stuff?” is all too common a refrain. Here we clear up ...

Es un antojo típico de la ciudad de Puebla. Aunque se asemeja a una torta, lo distingue el tipo de pan con que se elabora; se trata de la cemita. El horneado homónimo -también se le llama pan de agua- ...

Yesterday, we brought you a list of hard-to-find sandwiches in Denver that hail from all over the globe. Most of these sandwiches are unique in the city — unless you know of more than one place to ...