Sometimes serendipity leads me to sandwiches at the most surprising times — like when I once found myself at an antique mall, housed in an old grocery store, with a restaurant in the middle. I ordered the feta BLT, which turned out to be an unfussy yet decadent, creamy, and salty twist on the crispy classic. Luckily, the woman who owned the restaurant also had a cookbook, and I got my hands on the recipe.

I've been meaning to make this for a while now, so last week I did feta cream-cheese BLTs for dinner. Turns out, April is not only National Grilled Cheese Month, it's also BLT Month. Serendipitous, indeed. To celebrate the sandwich yourself, read more