The guys take a break from their normal format to talk through a few sandwiches they had at The Parish Cafe in Boston: the Lumière, Mexican Meatball, and Zuni Roll. The then turn to a recent article in The Chronicle of Higher Education by Russell Jacoby on a growing (pseudo?) academic field: the study of objects and the role they play in our lives. Link: http://chronicle.com/article/The-Object-as-Subject/229587/

The guys, surprisingly, stayed unwaveringly committed to their choice of "waffle" as the common ingredient for this episode, with all of the tortured puns that entailed. Rob took the cake with a Waffle Jambalaya sandwich, with andouille chicken sausage, diced red pepper and tomato, green onions, baby zucchini, and green onions on wheat waffles (ENTICE: 29). Ryan went a simpler route, with baked beans and a quinoa burger with some maple syrup on blueberry waffles (ENTICE: 27). They then use an essay-ish excerpt from Slouching Toward Bethlehem called "On Keeping a Notebook (try here) as a jumping off point for conversation on what note-taking means, the purposes for which we do it, and how it's gotten easier in the Technology Revolution.

The guys, surprisingly, stayed unwaveringly committed to their choice of "waffle" as the common ingredient for this episode, with all of the tortured puns that entailed. Rob took the cake with a Waffle Jambalaya sandwich, with andouille chicken sausage, diced red pepper and tomato, green onions, baby zucchini, and green onions on wheat waffles (ENTICE: 29). Ryan went a simpler route, with baked beans and a quinoa burger with some maple syrup on blueberry waffles (ENTICE: 27). They then use an essay-ish excerpt from Slouching Toward Bethlehem called "On Keeping a Notebook (try here) as a jumping off point for conversation on what note-taking means, the purposes for which we do it, and how it's gotten easier in the Technology Revolution.

After a few weeks' hiatus, the guys return with a small math error for their 14th episode. Sweet potatoes (potatos?) were the common ingredient, Ryan trying out a sweet potato, seasoned chicken, pear and Boursin sandwich on a pita (ENTICE: 25) and Rob using soft tortillas to make sweet potato, avocado, pineapple and rosemary ham tacos (ENTICE: 25). After talking out those scores and discussing the merits of microwaved sweet potatoes, they turn to several parts of Khalil Gibran's The Prophet, a pseudo-religious pseudo-prose pseudo-verse text with more than a few genuine thought nuggets.

After a few weeks' hiatus, the guys return with a small math error for their 14th episode. Sweet potatoes (potatos?) were the common ingredient, Ryan trying out a sweet potato, seasoned chicken, pear and Boursin sandwich on a pita (ENTICE: 25) and Rob using soft tortillas to make sweet potato, avocado, pineapple and rosemary ham tacos (ENTICE: 25). After talking out those scores and discussing the merits of microwaved sweet potatoes, they turn to several parts of Khalil Gibran's The Prophet, a pseudo-religious pseudo-prose pseudo-verse text with more than a few genuine thought nuggets.

The guys went a little crazy, trying out chicken nuggets as an ingredient. Rob led the way with a spinach, tomato, red pepper hummus and chicken nugget sandwich on French bread (ENTICE: 29), and Ryan followed not too far behind with a popcorn chicken and red pepper jelly sandwich on a sesame bun, with a splash of Tobasco (ENTICE: 27). The guys then turned to a lunch hour discussion of Michael Pollan's 2006 essay "The Modern Hunter Gatherer."

The guys went a little crazy, trying out chicken nuggets as an ingredient. Rob led the way with a spinach, tomato, red pepper hummus and chicken nugget sandwich on French bread (ENTICE: 29), and Ryan followed not too far behind with a popcorn chicken and red pepper jelly sandwich on a sesame bun, with a splash of Tobasco (ENTICE: 27). The guys then turned to a lunch hour discussion of Michael Pollan's 2006 essay "The Modern Hunter Gatherer."

The guys tried salami this week, Ryan with a salami, mozzarella, tomato and spinach dip open-faced sandwich on crumpets (ENTICE: 24) and Rob with a record-setting salami, tomato, Fontina, and quinoa pesto sandwich on tomato basil focaccia (ENTICE: 32). They then launch into a discussion of Malcolm Gladwell's "The Ketchup Conundrum," umami, and learn a thing or two that is directly translatable to the craft of sandwich building.

The guys tried salami this week, Ryan with a salami, mozzarella, tomato and spinach dip open-faced sandwich on crumpets (ENTICE: 24) and Rob with a record-setting salami, tomato, Fontina, and quinoa pesto sandwich on tomato basil focaccia (ENTICE: 32). They then launch into a discussion of Malcolm Gladwell's "The Ketchup Conundrum," umami, and learn a thing or two that is directly translatable to the craft of sandwich building.

In keeping with the St. Patrick's Day holiday, the guys had corned beef as their common ingredient, and discussed a few essays by John B. Keane -- the most preeminent Irish essayist that Google has to offer. It just so happens that the classic reuben was the inspiration for both of this week's sandwiches: Ryan's corned beef, sauerkraut, pepper jack and Brussels sprout sandwich on rye (ENTICE: 28), and Rob's corned beef, kale, hummus, fried egg and chipotle sandwich on pumpernickel dubbed "the Robert" (ENTICE: 28). They turn to the Keane essay "Humble Pie" before discussing essays "Foul Talk" and "Fear."