Toast recipes

Everything worth putting on a slice of toast, with the methods and ratios that make each one work.

Image of A club sandwich on toasted white bread cut into four triangles and standing upright to show layers of chicken, bacon, lettuce and tomato, held with cocktail sticks, with crisps beside it
Club sandwich: why it has three slices, and how to build one that stands up

A club sandwich is three slices of toast and two fillings: chicken with mayonnaise on one layer, bacon with lettuce...

Image of A baguette split lengthways and spread with garlic and parsley butter, baked golden and sliced, on a wooden board with a bowl of chopped parsley and garlic cloves beside it
Garlic bread: the butter ratio, and every way to cook it

Fifty grams of softened butter to two fat cloves of garlic, crushed to a paste with salt, plus a handful...