This Thursday, August 25 at 7pm, join us for a free, awesome event with Red Jacket Orchards!
All the details!
Joe and Emily Nicholson, Sr. purchased Red Jacket Orchards in Geneva, NY in 1958. Now run by the second and third generation, the Nicholson family is committed to continuing Joe and Emily's tradition of delivering high quality products and excellent customer service, and strive to build a compa...
Making hot sauce is pretty much a Choose Your Own Adventure, but specifically one written for third graders because it's so easy. It's so easy. It's so damn easy why are you not doing it right now? I don't even think "making hot sauce" should even be a thing, it's about as simple as breathing or incorrectly cracking an egg.
In keeping with my cooking nihilism, recipes are the devil's work, so we're going to ...
Starting very soon, Sarah Lohman, a historic gastronimist extraordinaire and one of our all-time favorite Brainery teachers, will be giving a series of lectures at the Brooklyn Historical Society. You should go to them! All the details are below.
Timeline of Taste, Thursday, September 1
In A Timeline of Taste Sarah Lohman will take you on a
journey from 1800-1950, making a pit stop every fifty years to e...
We're really excited to be working with the awesome Jennifer Mattson on this class, where you'll learn everything from the super practical skill of pitching a story to the generally-important-for-life skill of telling your story orally.
From the description:
In this three-week course, you will learn the basics of how to write for the ear, how to craft a story, read your copy on air, and ...
We've just announced lots and lots of late summer timed and themed (basil, tomatoes, rieslings) classes for your pleasure, along with a smattering of September courses. All are here, and more coming soon.
Like we said before, one of the best things about the Brainery is seeing the stuff that comes out of your experiences in our classes.
And since we like showing that off, we can't fail to call attention to what are by far the best notes from Living Philosophy that will ever exist. They're so good that Ryan swears he's using them to prep for teaching. Session 1, Session 2, Session 3.
We're also continuously be...
at the Brainery. Here's a quick rundown of classes that still have spots available.
Monday - Haitian Creole starts (pictured above), and Music Theory wraps up.
Tuesday - Our Essential Economics class starts. It will be awesome and make you at least 147% smarter than your friends. $30 for three sessions!
Wednesday - Our final lecture with Ben Feldman at the Brooklyn Historical Society involves lots of blo...
From the description:
Using language as our medium, we will uncover some of Haiti's best kept secrets. Going beyond the negative media portrayal of Haiti, we'll learn about Haiti's rich culture and history.
Class sessions will include lessons on Haitian Creole with a focus on structure, sound and vocabulary. By the end of three sessions, participants will know basic Haitian Creole phrases, be able to order c...
(Huge thanks to Stephanie for leading an awesome discussion on farm women at the Brainery and authoring this post. Read more at legumeloyalist.com and follow her @stephaniefishes.)
What do you think of when I say the phrase "farm woman" ? I'll let you mull that over for a second.Recent articles and stats have brought women farmers to the forefront of American agriculture. The agricultural census reported a 19...
Hey hey, it's the anniversary of the first SAT*! Celebrate the beast of standardized testing with plenty of crawfish (naturally), cheap beer and the most intense trivia this side of the BQE.
It all goes down on Sunday, July 31 from 4-8pm at the City Reliquary, 370 Metropolitan Ave in Williamsburg, home of the best backyard in Brooklyn.
Buying tickets...
