Sandwich Wingman Unknown

A banner episode saw the guys award their very first taste scores of 10 -- at the same time. For their tomato sauce sandwiches, Rob had a lamb sausage sandwich on a baguette with parmesan and romano cheese (ENTICE: 31) and Ryan had a pepperoni, bacon and sausage sandwich on ciabatta with mozzarella and ricotta (ENTICE: 27). An unusually long episode accommodated a fulsome conversation on Deloitte's new performance review and management system and the company's motivations for change and its changes. The article itself is highly recommended: https://hbr.org/2015/04/reinventing-performance-management

The guys remake and revisit some sandwiches from the last nine episodes, and talk about one of their favorite tools, "Plans A," regarding the need to act committed to backup plans.

The guys tried out berries for sandwiches this week, Rob combining blackberries with turkey and cream cheese on a toasted English muffin (ENTICE: 25), and Ryan mixing raspberries with crab cake, spinach, julienned radishes, feta, and crumbled bacon with pineapple balsamic vinegar in a wheat pita (ENTICE: 22). Turning back to the Edge yearly question series, they also discuss David Eagleman's essay "Silicon Immortality: Downloading Consciousness into Computers," from the This Will Change Everything volume.

The guys took on pesto this week, Rob making his own oil-less version for a smoked turkey, mozzarella, and tomato on a baguette, Ryan putting his on sandwich flats with popcorn shrimp, walnuts, and tomato. Fun times were had by all as they worked their way through two short pieces from What Is Your Dangerous Idea?, one of Edge's yearly collection of thoughts.

The guys had fish as their common ingredient this week, and both chose cod: Rob wrapped it in prosciutto with egg and fig jam on crunchy ciabatta (ENTICE: 22), Ryan put it in wraps with cole slaw, wasabi seaweed and a spicy lime tartar sauce (ENTICE: 27). They then talk about a New Yorker article by John Cassidy putting the late John Nash's game theory contributions in context, and talk about game theory in general.

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/