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# Iron & Wine's Sam Beam: Stack of Tomato Sandwiches
- URL: https://www.cascadepbs.org/podcasts/your-last-meal/2023/08/iron-wines-sam-beam-stack-of-tomato-sandwiches/
- Published: 2023-08-31T12:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-05-05T19:51:27.000Z
- Description: If you've ever had a tomato sandwich, then you know this is the best time of the year! In honor of *tomato season* (and host Rachel Belle being on vacation) we are re-airing this episode from 2019.
- Author: Rachel Belle
- Tags: Your Last Meal, #podcast, #delete-this-tag, #dovetail_b6a31748-6a5f-40e5-a7f9-b4c5c65e5a32

If you've ever had a tomato sandwich, then you know this is the best time of the year! In honor of \*tomato season\* (and [host Rachel Belle](https://www.instagram.com/hellorachelbelle/?hl=en&ref=cascadepbs.org) being on vacation) we are re-airing this episode from 2019.

[Iron & Wine](https://ironandwine.com/?ref=cascadepbs.org) sounds like a band but in fact there is just one man behind the music: a soft spoken, North Carolina singer-songwriter named Sam Beam, who unintentionally stumbled into a music career later in life.   
  
A true Southern boy, Sam wants a stack of tomato sandwiches for his last meal. Just ripe summer heirlooms, squishy white bread and mayonnaise. A simple summer snack so sacred in North Carolina, locals get riled up at the mere mention of adding bacon or lettuce. We called upon a couple North Carolina culinary queens to talk about the do's and dont's of the tomato sandwich: veteran food journalist [Kathleen Purvis](https://kathleenpurvis.com/about/?ref=cascadepbs.org) and chef, restaurateur and cookbook author, [Vivian Howard](https://www.vivianhoward.com/?ref=cascadepbs.org). And sticking with the Southern theme, food historian [Robert Moss](https://www.southernliving.com/authors/robert%5Fmoss?ref=cascadepbs.org) joins the show to tell the true history of the boiled peanut.  
  
Lucky for us, tomatoes are still hanging heavy on the vines, because you'll be hankering for a tomato sandwich by the end of this episode.  
  
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