Salami Sandwich

Sorry about the pic, I always begin to eat my food before I remember to photograph it.

My current lunch/afternoon snack-to-eat-on-porch of choice is this simple, tasty little salami sandwich.

It consists of crusty, chewy bread, like Il Fornaio's slipper bread or a ciabatta, olive tapenade, salami, arugula, and a bit of spicy mustard. The sandwich on the left doesn't have tomato in it, but I think it would be a nice, refreshing touch.

Here's why this sandwich is so special: the garlicy-fragrant-oily tapenade is a pefect match with thin, briny slices of salami. The spicy mustard and slighty bitter arugula complement, and stand up to, the saltiness of both the olives and the salami. The fresh, toasted ciabatta provides a nice bit of chew while the fatty salami and tapenade melt together on the palate. Arugula and tomato add a cool crispness that refreshes the palate after the initial flavors of olive and salted pork are tasted.

I love simple treasures. Don't you?