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The Masters of Social Gastronomy Face the Future

Our next MSG lecture is on May 28, and we're talking about the future; read on for details. 

Banning pasta in Italy, pre-WW2 molecular gastronomy and high-concept dinner parties: Welcome to The Futurist Cookbook! 

Published in 1932 by F.T. Marinetti, it aimed to transform everyday meals from stodgy, sleep-inducing traditions into multi-sensory, scientific experiences appropriate for the modern world. 

Join us as we abandon...

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18 Wars Unimaginatively Named After Their Length

When you learn that the Peace of Westphalia ended both the Thirty Years' War and the Eighty Years' War, you start to think, what other wars are only named after their length? You might also wonder why historians couldn't get a little more creative, but I'm only here to help you answer the first one.

A few were short enough to be named after the number of days - the Six Day War (there were two!), the Ten Day War, and the Thirty Days' War....

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The Great Gatsby: The Map!

After watching the 1974 Great Gatsby movie and reading this great blog post by The Bowery Boys on the real "Valley of Ashes," I decided to throw together a quick map of locations from the book. Still a work in progress! 

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An Important But Probably Obvious Note On Coworking

We've been getting a decent number of questions about coworking, so here's the scoop: we aren't doing coworking for the time being. It turned out that coworking + two spaces + classes = despairingly long days, so it's on the back burner for a bit.

Chances are it'll show up in Prospect Heights in one form or another once we're moved out of Carroll Gardens, but only time will tell!

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