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Free Cowoking Day - Friday, January 25

Before we really and truly roll out coworking at our new place in Prospect Heights this February, join us in January for some drop-in days. Our first one will be on Friday, January 25 as part of Worldwide Jellyweek. 

If you're a freelancer, or just happen to have the day off and want to get some work done outside the house and amongst other awesome people, we'd love to have you. Be cool and RSVP...

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The Secret to Cheap Supermarket Ice Cream: Lots and Lots of Air

Back when it was hot out, we undertook a very serious scientific mission: gorging ourselves on seven types of supermarket vanilla ice cream in order to study the effects of overrun - the ice cream industry's practice of pumping tons of air into commercial ice cream.

You can think of overrun as really just a fancy word for increasing profit margins, since the more air they pump in, the less actual ice cream they have to put in your container,...

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MSG takes on MSG: January's Masters of Social Gastronomy Lecture

To celebrate its one year anniversary, this month's Masters of Social Gastronomy takes on its namesake: monosodium glutamate (MSG)! Savory spice or fatal flavor?

Sarah Lohman of Four Pounds Flour will track MSG back to its source in traditional Japanese food, showing how time and money turned an innocuous plant into the darling of mass production

Soma will take on modern-day interpretations of MSG, from its role...

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Coworking Jelly Day - Friday, January 18th!

2013 UPDATE: We ended up not doing coworking after all. Sorry, folks!

Before we really and truly roll out coworking at our new place in Prospect Heights this February, join us in January for some drop-in days. Our first one will be on Friday, January 18 as part of Worldwide Jellyweek. 

If you're a freelancer, or just happen to have the day off and want to get some work done outside the house and amongst other awesome people, we'd love to...

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Almost There in Prospect Heights

We're happy to report that we have walls and floors and ceilings at the new space in Prospect Heights. And though there's still lots of furniture to buy things to paint, we'll be hosting some classes there starting in mid-January, with daytime coworking coming very shortly thereafter.

Below is the still-very-raw backyard, just waiting for some TLC this spring. We can't wait!  

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And if you're wondering exactly where the new space is,...

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