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Episodes we love: Sandwiches of History

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Barry Enderwick, the man behind Sandwiches of History. (Courtesy Barry Enderwick)
Barry Enderwick, the man behind Sandwiches of History. (Courtesy Barry Enderwick)

Forget Black Friday shopping. We all know what the day after Thanksgiving is really about — the leftover sandwich! And so, we're revisiting an episode from the beginning of this year with someone who knows that the best thing since sliced bread is what you put between it.


Barry Enderwick got kicked out of college. Then, in the early aughts, he became the first graphic designer for a little start-up media company you may have heard of: Netflix. But today, the Internet knows Barry as the guy behind the beloved and wildly popular "Sandwiches of History" accounts, where he recreates historical sandwich recipes from old cookbooks and rates and reviews them.

He released his first cookbook, "Sandwiches of History the Cookbook: All the Best (and Most Surprising) Things People Have Put Between Slices of Bread," last year.

Shortly before that, Barry joined Ben and Amory from his kitchen in California to make the triple-decker sandwich that graces the cover of his debut cookbook, and to talk about how Sandwiches of History came to be. To quote Barry's signature phrase, we think you should give this episode "a GO!"

Show notes:

This content was originally created for audio. An auto-generated transcript is available on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. Heads up that some elements (i.e. music, sound effects, tone) are harder to translate to text.

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