![]() ![]() Admission proceeds benefits the Basie's, 517 Grand Canyon Dr., 1 p.m., $7. The venue to share your cupcake-baking prowess is Iron Cupcake Madison, with its fifth challenge theme: Children's Books. This brings to mind the old joke "How do you get to Carnegie Hall?" "Practice!" Before cakes come cupcakes. ![]() When it comes to cooking competitions, you shouldn't start with the whole enchilada (so to speak). The Power to the Peaceful Pizza Party, more than a post-mortem, will be a discussion of solidarity as it stands now, and yes, pizza. If you ever doubted that pizza was a food of the people, this spring in Madison will surely have convinced you of the fact. UW Biotechnology Center Auditorium, 425 Henry Mall, 7 p.m., free. Titled "A Midsummer Night's Brew: The Arts & Sciences of Brewing Beer at Home," the talk by Ella Braden will cover the increasingly popular at-home process of turning malted barley, water, and other ingredients into an alcoholic beverage central to the state's identity. (And frankly, this may be a good way to motivate students.) This week's Wednesday Nite the Lab, a weekly science lecture series at the UW, is a good example. You can learn physics, botany, microbiology, and chemistry from studying beer. In Wisconsin, our loyalties lie with beer. Capital Brewery, 7734 Terrace Ave., Middleton, 5:30 p.m., $33 advance and $38 door for individuals or $55 advance and $60 door for couples. The event will feature appetizers prepared by local restaurants and chefs, live music, door prizes, and a silent auction. The Summer Solstice Sampler is a fundraiser for the that is working to make this vision a reality. Oh wait - first, you need a licensed commercial kitchen to whip up your dishes, and they are in short supply. Starting your own food-based micro-business sounds great. This coming week, in events that get to your heart through your stomach. ![]()
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