When the State Fair of Texas closed for the season on Oct. 20, 2024, I feared the new pastrami sandwich sold at a booth near the Cotton Bowl might be gone, too. “It’s literally the No. 1 question we ...

Making pastrami is a lengthy process, but it’s worth the effort. First, a curing brine is made with salt, sugar, pink salt (a type of salt with sodium nitrite to keep the meat pink as it cooks) and ...

New York has Katz’s. L.A. has Langer’s. The Bay Area, on the other hand, has never really had a true destination pastrami spot — at least not until Delirama opened its cheery Solano Avenue storefront ...

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Melt the butter with the oil in a frying pan over a medium heat. Add the pastrami and fry until cooked through. Add the milk and eggs and season well with salt and freshly ground black pepper.