For my money, the best investigative reporting the City Paper did all year was when we dug deep into Charleston’s tight-knit and mysterious bánh mì sandwich industry and revealed the secret ingredient that makes the baguettes at Spring Street’s Bon Banh Mi so airy, crisp, and delicious: rice flour. We even uncovered the shop’s once-secret baguette source, Richard Plaistowe of the wholesale bakery Pane Di Vita. Woodward and Bernstein would be proud.