Candy’s been an obsession around the Brainery for a long, long time. While you’re marveling at the fact we still have teeth, check out the posts below so you can whip up some slightly dangerous/delicious candy at home.
Menthol Candy Cigarettes [recipe, how-to, burn potential: low]
Faux Altoids [recipe, how-to, cavity potential: high]
What’s the Deal with Xylitol? [failed experiments, learn from our mistakes, science]
Brainery pal Ben Feldman is giving a talk at the Museum at Eldridge Street this Sunday, April 15 about an amazing little change purse and the history behind it. Ben's talks are always great and full of fun NYC history tidbits, so I'd definitely recommend this one. And it's free with admission to the Museum, so it won't break the bank, either.
You can read up on the story of the change purse here, and get more details about the event...
Each month, MSG takes on a curious food topic and breaks down the history, science, and stories behind it. Accept no imitations, because on April 24th we'll be talking FAKE MEAT.
Sarah Lohman of Four Pounds Flour will give you a run-down of vegetarianism in the west. From Benjamin Franklin's "Tow-fu" to Dr. Kellogg's commercial "Protose," we'll explore just how long we've been eating things that masquerade as meat.
Soma will be taking...
Come on over to Babeland's Park Slope store (462 Bergen St.) for drinks and a little education of a different sort than we usually peddle around here on Friday, May 11 at 7pm.
It's all complimentary (including the bubbly), all you've got to do is RSVP. The night of, you'll want to arrive early, cause the first 10 people get samples!
Maybe it's your first time on the site, maybe you're here all the time but want an easy compendium of Brainery factoids. Either way, we have an amazing guide for you:
What we do!
Classes. All kinds of them, on all kinds of subjects, from historic gastronomy to cursive to DNA.
The fun part is that all of our course topics are dreamed up and suggested by you, and our teachers are a group of awesome people from around Brooklyn and...
