Café Counter · Triangle Sandwich
Tramezzino
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It was invented in 1925-26 at Turin's Caffè Mulassano and named by the poet Gabriele D'Annunzio, who coined 'tramezzino' from the Italian for 'in between.'
A tramezzino is soft, crustless white bread cut diagonally into a triangle and filled cold with combinations like tuna and egg, ham and artichoke, or shrimp and mayonnaise. Turin's cafés and market bars stack them on trays behind the counter.
Why it's made this way: It was created as an elegant Italian alternative to the English tea sandwich, and its soft triangle shape became a template copied across Italian cafés.
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