I was flipping through On Food and Cooking by the awesome Harold McGee tonight and stumbled on the #1 fact of all time:
Cheeses made with rennet melt, while cheeses made with acids don't.
This is amazing! We've all tried to make a grilled cheese with some leftover queso blanco (haven't we?) only to discover that it doesn't work at all, much to our disappointment. Well, now you know that it's because queso blanco, along with...
Instead of lots of Halloween candy, we're giving you a bunch of new November and December classes--from the serious, like the origins of capitalism, to the strange, like a tasting of weird spices.
And just in time for the holidays, it's finally time for our long-awaited cake decorating class, complete with a mini decorating kit to take home and practice with. Or perhaps you'd rather hone your joke-telling skills for upcoming family...
Study Session is a review of a test we presented to everyone at a party ages and ages ago. Follow along with the whole test here.
2. How many planets would they count on July 17, 1844?
A. 5
B. 7
C. 8
D. 9
The number of planets has historically been way more fluid than you'd think, but I'm happy to report that on July 17, 1844 scientists In The Know would steadfastly put the number at SEVEN. The question was kind of a low blow,...
First off, if it's before 10am Saturday, you can nab the last spot in our all-day Make Your Own Stationery class. It's going to be cold and you won't want to be outside anyway, so you might as well learn about phototransfers.
What else are we doing next week?
Monday: We're taking the night off and OMG are we excited about it. Everyone's got better things to do on Halloween than learn stuff, right?
We'll probably send out some new classes...
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Two big pieces of news for next month's meeting of the Society for the Advancement of Social Studies.
What's different?
1) It's on Tuesday, November 8
2) It's at Public Assembly, 70 North 6th Street (best fact: the building used to be a mayonnaise factory.)
What's the same?
Everything else! Still 7pm, still free, still educational/fun, still full of themed drink specials.
This month's topic is the Civil War, and, since everyone in the...
