Pastrami on Dark Rye

Pastrami on rye, with pastrami from Carnegie Deli. This is not your average water-added pastrami from a local deli counter, it's more like a rib-eye in texture. And Swiss cheese is perfect on a warm sandwich, as long as your Swiss cheese isn't green, like ours was - which meant American cheese was used, instead.

On the Road...Carnegie Deli, Las Vegas

The Carnegie Deli in the Mirage, Las Vegas. This is the "Woody Allen" with Swiss cheese - half corned beef, half pastrami. Yes, it really is stacked that high between two pieces of silly-looking bread. Carnegie cures their own meats. They are wonderful and taste nothing like what you get in a grocery store "deli." We hit up Carnegie in New York City last year, and ever since, my husband had been dreaming of one of these sandwiches. He shared this one with my Dad.