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A Hand in the Backyard

Want to dig around in the dirt? Lug gravel from one place to another? Build planter boxes? This is the email list for you!

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Join the Brainery Backyard Work Crew to get emails about when we need a hand fixing up the backyard! Tomorrow, Wednesday April 17th we're gonna need a hand installing our patio.

Once it's done, we'll have outdoor classes galore, but first there's a lot of...

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Know Your Early Spring Flowers

Until yesterday, I didn't know what a crocus was, even though I've seen hundreds of them over the past few days. I'm kind of ashamed of that, so I thought it would be useful to learn the names of a few of the common spring flowers we're starting to see while out and about. Onward! 

Daffodils

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Okay, they're yellow and everywhere everywhere everywhere. You've probably seen a handful of them today just walking to the subway, and you'll know...

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New Masters of Social Gastronomy Podcast!

Every month, we do a free live food lecture up in Williamsburg with our Very Good Friend Sarah Lohman, author of the blog Four Pounds Flour. (The next one's Tuesday, March 26, and you should go.) It's called Masters of Social Gastronomy and Sarah covers the history side of the topic while Soma tackles the science. There's lots of beer and some samples and a generally good time. In the past year or so, we've covered everything from fake meat to...

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