The birth of the sandwichón: A Yucatan party tradition

It’s not really a sandwich, not really a cake. Few stories capture the spirit of culinary innovation quite like that of the sandwichón, a beloved party staple that emerged from the creative mind of a baker-turned-troubadour in the Yucatán Peninsula. The tale begins with Petronilo Vázquez Madera (1900-1970), a visionary baker born in the small…