Listen "Cooking & Cube, Breaking Bread & Cracking Packs"
Episode Synopsis
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Andy and Anthony take a step back and talk about Cube and Cooking, the many things two of their favorite hobbies have in common, and what they love about them. Both are creative endeavors that are interesting things to master in their own right as well as tools to bring people together and serve as an entry point for broader personal growth.
Our listener submitted pack 1, pick 1 this week comes from Tortured Existence’s The Box.
View cards mentioned in the episode
Timestamps:
5:07 — Pack 1, pick 1 from "The Box"
14:01 — Games and Food are both High Art Forms
25:07 — Opportunities for creative expression
28:52 — Building on accumulated history and knowledge
40:18 — On Food and Cooking and using what you love as an entry point for learning and continued personal growth
43:46 — A caveat about the distinction between loving a game and loving a product
48:45 — What is on your Mount Sausagemore?
52:28 — Closing thoughts
Discussed in this episode:
Harold McGee Explains the Wonders of Salt
SCGCHAR - Modern - Semifinals - Bob Huang vs Bradley Carpenter
J. Kenji Lopez Alt’s Chili Recipe
Animal Crossing
The Doughboys
Linguistic Relativity
Home Cook vs Pro Chef Fried Rice
MTGCubeTalk Discord
Threes
The Maillard Reaction
17Lands
Ryan Saxe’s Drafting AIs
Rhystic Studies
Check us out on Twitch and YouTube for paper Cube gameplay.
You can find the hosts’ Cubes on Cube Cobra:
Andy’s “Bun Magic” Cube
Anthony’s “Regular” Cube
If you have a question for the show, or want us to do a pack 1, pick 1 from your cube, email us at [email protected]. Please include how you’d like to be credited, your pronouns, a link to your cube if relevant. You can also find both your hosts in the MTG Cube Talk Discord.
If you’d like to show your support for the show, please leave us a review on iTunes or wherever you listen.
Musical production by DJ James Nasty.
Andy and Anthony take a step back and talk about Cube and Cooking, the many things two of their favorite hobbies have in common, and what they love about them. Both are creative endeavors that are interesting things to master in their own right as well as tools to bring people together and serve as an entry point for broader personal growth.
Our listener submitted pack 1, pick 1 this week comes from Tortured Existence’s The Box.
View cards mentioned in the episode
Timestamps:
5:07 — Pack 1, pick 1 from "The Box"
14:01 — Games and Food are both High Art Forms
25:07 — Opportunities for creative expression
28:52 — Building on accumulated history and knowledge
40:18 — On Food and Cooking and using what you love as an entry point for learning and continued personal growth
43:46 — A caveat about the distinction between loving a game and loving a product
48:45 — What is on your Mount Sausagemore?
52:28 — Closing thoughts
Discussed in this episode:
Harold McGee Explains the Wonders of Salt
SCGCHAR - Modern - Semifinals - Bob Huang vs Bradley Carpenter
J. Kenji Lopez Alt’s Chili Recipe
Animal Crossing
The Doughboys
Linguistic Relativity
Home Cook vs Pro Chef Fried Rice
MTGCubeTalk Discord
Threes
The Maillard Reaction
17Lands
Ryan Saxe’s Drafting AIs
Rhystic Studies
Check us out on Twitch and YouTube for paper Cube gameplay.
You can find the hosts’ Cubes on Cube Cobra:
Andy’s “Bun Magic” Cube
Anthony’s “Regular” Cube
If you have a question for the show, or want us to do a pack 1, pick 1 from your cube, email us at [email protected]. Please include how you’d like to be credited, your pronouns, a link to your cube if relevant. You can also find both your hosts in the MTG Cube Talk Discord.
If you’d like to show your support for the show, please leave us a review on iTunes or wherever you listen.
Musical production by DJ James Nasty.
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