Our friends at the Old Stone House in Park Slope are hosting their first annual pie competition on August 24th. It's part of their "Revolutionary Fare" event, a night of food, crafts, and music commemorating the Battle of Brooklyn, and it should be a lot of fun. We'll be helping to judge the entries, and we can't wait to try your pie!

All the details:  
Pie Contest at the Old Stone House (336 3rd Street)
Saturday, August 24, 5-9pm
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I love the bright red cherries that you get at the grocery store for $2. I really, really love them.

But a few summers ago, I made some "real" maraschino cherries using the good stuff: Luxardo Maraschino liqueur, and was blown away by the results. These guys are absolutely nothing like the ones you grew up with: they're boozy, rich, and complex, instead of just sweet and syrupy like the grocery store version. 

The Key Ingredient

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Ice Cream Club aims to solve the number one problem facing people today: when you make ice cream at home, you end up with too much of one flavor. So we all get together to share tips and tricks and, mostly importantly, ice cream!

We ran ICC for a while a year or two ago, and decided it's time to bring it back. Come on over to the Brainery on August 10 from 11:30am-1:30pm for the first official ice cream club...

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On August 13, our pals at S.A.S.S, the montly free history lecture series, are hosting their second annual Battle of the Historic Bad Asses. You'll get the low down on each contestant: John Adams, Andrew Jackson, and Teddy Roosevelt, and then, at the end of the night, you'll get to decide who takes home the title. 

Very important note: S.A.S.S. is moving to a new location this month, Cameo Gallery at 93 North 6th...

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Sometimes, it seems like all the best things in NYC happen during the workday. But since it's summer, here's hoping you can skip out of the office a bit early and head over to one of Brooklyn Brewery's Small Batch Tours, which take place every Monday-Thursday at 5pm. 

For $8, you get a small, in-depth tour of the brewery, tastings of four beers, and a glass to take home (plus way more). It jumped out at me as one of those...

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