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BUCKSWIRE—Generally Starbucks cups are simply adorned with a mermaid logo and your name misspelled, but the coffee giant would like you to try a little harder than that in their White Cup Contest. Entries will be gathered on Instagram and Twitter via the hashtag #whitecupcontext; the winner might get their design produced as a reusable coffee mug. [Starbucks via Starbucks Melody]
DALLAS—Attention barbecue fans: Get yourselves to Cafe Momentum's Pitmasters' Picnic on May 18 at the Slow Bone in Dallas. $60 gets you smoked meats from the likes of Pecan Lodge, The Slow Bone, Riverport Barbecue, Stanley's Famous Pit Barbecue, Louie Mueller's and the musical stylings of what appears to be an Allman Brothers cover band. [Eventbrite]
FRANCE—Want to learn more about food design? Even better, want to do it in Reims, France? Check out this July workshop at the L'Ecole Supérieure d'Art et de Design de Reims lead by Marc Bretillot of L'ESAD and artist Emilie Baltz. [Baltz]
