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Make Bread and Butter While You Work Out at Machine Project
(Photo by Krista Simmons/LAist)
Normally when we think of post-workout snacks, our minds go to juice bars and Muscle Milk. But an upcoming event over at Echo Park's Machine Project called Aerobic Butter / Anaerobic Bread is hoping to change that, combining a Richard Simmons-style workout with making artisan products.
As participants shake their money makers, Pop Soda's Jimmy Fusil will be leading them as they churn jars full of buttermilk, eventually creating a solid butter by the end of class. The class will be with a special playlist made by Mike Wait, also of Pop Soda, whose tunes will include the single "Eat Your Fat," which was recorded expressly for the event.
Then, outside the Machine Project gallery, artist Michael O'Malley will be teaching bread making on his mobile oven. (Anaerobic respiration is responsible for the production of CO2 during bread making, which eventually results in the lovely air bubbles in the product's center. The aerobic butter making is more of a play on words.)
We doubt the owners of the nearby Pop Physique would approve of this sort of thing, but you can count us in. For registration visit the Machine Project website.
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