New York has practically everything I need to research our monthly Masters of Social Gastronomy lectures. Weird meat? Chinatown sells alligator. Fake meat? Chinatown sells vegetarian alligator. Sweeteners? Sweet n' Low is made a half-mile from my house.
But researching this month's Masters of Social Gastronomy has put on full display a culinary weak point of NYC: cannabis edibles.
Unlike our friends to the west, where an...
We're incredibly psyched to receive a grant from the NYC Chapter of The Awesome Foundation! If you haven't heard of them, The Awesome Foundation is "an ever-growing, worldwide network of people devoted to forwarding the interest of awesomeness in the universe." We're sure you agree that's a pretty awesome mission.
We'll be putting the $1,000 toward making our Prospect Heights backyard, you guessed it, way more awesome. That'll allow...
At this month's Masters of Social Gastronomy, we'll look at the culinary world's experiments with illicit substances.
Let's get high with the Victorians! From patent medicines to absinthe, Coca-Cola to laughing gas, we'll look at all the forms of socially acceptable substance abuse during the 19th century.
Later, we'll fast-forward to modern-day America, where quasi-legal marijuana has spawned an industry of cannabis edibles. We'll survey...
Hey Prospect Heights (and all of NYC), we're super excited about this week's class on Bach taught by Scott Ordway. It's just in time for you to attend a performane of Bach's music at the NY Phil on Friday! Sign up!
This quick course will provide students with an overview of the transcendent vocal and instrumental music of Baroque composer Johann Sebastian Bach. It's designed for listeners, so we'll be looking at...
We're excited to partner again this month with the fine folks over at Fluent City to bring all of you a couple of their two-hour slang workshops (or any of their in-depth classes!) on the cheap.
These workshops are taught in English, so you won't need to be fluent in Spanish or French to pick up some fun phrases and avoid sounding like a silly American on the streets of Madrid or Paris.
The next French slang...
