Just a brief reminder that we are doing two workshops at Astor Center on Saturday, October 18, 2008. At 10 am, we will be Cooking with Activa, and at 3 pm, we will be Exploring Methocel. These are hands-on workshops limited to 14 people per session. Our readers can use the promo codes ACTIVA and METHOCEL, respectively, to get a 10% discount on each session. We will also have Activa and Methocel parting gifts, thanks to Ajinomoto and Dow Chemical, for each attendee so that everyone will have some ingredients to go home and cook with. Also, this month we will be speaking at the October meeting of the Experimental Cuisine Collective on Thursday, October 16, 2008, from 4-6 pm. The meeting is free and takes place at the food studies department at NYU. We will be discussing cooking, the creative process, and the impact of the internet on both. Please contact the ECC for more information or to RSVP.