Archie Weekly

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APRIL

Wednesday / 3BookBook Club:Home Cooking: A Writer in the Kitchenby Laurie Colwin

Every six-ish weeks we read a new memoir, a collection of essays, novel, or anything else we find interesting that somehow, in a big or small way, relates to food. Then we discuss. Come by Archestratus to pick it up for 20% off now.

FREE, 7p

Thursday / 4Double Pasta! Sicilian Dinnerwith Us and Chef Bartolomeo ArrabitoJoin us for a four-course Sicilian dinner where every recipe holds a piece of history, a family tradition, a distinct place, and a memory of the people.Us is a culinary-lifestyle brand born in Sicily and based both in New York and Sicily whose mission is to preserve and share culinary traditions and lifestyles through recipes passed down from generations. They pursue this mission with visionary Sicilian chefs like Bartolomeo Arrabito. Bart (to his friends), was first taught how to cook by his Nonna Tina. He was then honored to study at one of the most prestigious pastry schools in the world with Maestro Gualtiero Marchesi. Even though he has worked with some of the most important Italian chefs, Nonna Tina's recipes are still his favourite.Nearly all of the ingredients will be sourced directly from Sicily.◆MENU:SICILIAN FARMER's BREAK, or cherry sun-dried tomatoes, farmer’s olives, nonna’s artichokes, capuliato patè on toasted italian bread, focaccia Ragusana, cacio cavallo cheese all’argintera and traditional caponataPASTA CON le SARDE a MARE, or Sicilian Ancient Grains Pasta with wild fennel pesto and anchovies (from the Peasant's Kitchen)RAVIOLI di RICOTTA e SUGO DELLA DOMENICA, or hand-made Ravioli filled with ricotta cheese and traditional pork sauce (from the Aristocrat's kitchen)CRESPELLE di RISO al MIELE, or a traditional baroque Sicilian dessert of rice and honey, Bronte DOP Pistachios, and glass of Bean-to-bar Modica chocolate◆$45, 7p

Friday / 5Savory Pie Party!

Welcome in Spring Fever with a night of never too much pie! Join us for a dinner of a thousand savory pies. Hang with good cooks and grandma’s pie lovers, Dria Atencio and Sadie Mae Burns, for a very special pie extravaganza! Expect pies of the season, vegetables dressed to kill, and a grand sweet pie finale.$50, 7p

THE PIESFishies Pie with scalloped potatoes, cream, dillSpring Lamb with braised vegetables, gravy!!ON THE SIDECharred carrots + spring onions chermoula, sesame seedsSweet potatoes whole roasted with anchovy + parsleyBountiful salad spring lettuces, all the herbs, special vinegar’s vinaigretteMORE PIESPassion fruit meringue pie curd, marmaladeBlack Forest Pie amaretti cookie crust, creme fraiche

Saturdays + SundaysBirreBallz BookBallz Happy Hour

Drinking amongst the books feels right. Thus, we are frying up a new arancine EVERY WEEKEND from opening until we run outta ballz. NY MAG THINKS THEY ARE THEE BEST. Free with the purchase of any drink or NEW Cookbook. But yes—buy a beer or book, get a ball!$4.50+

Thursday / 11Dinner with the Nimble Cook

Join us for a dinner by a chef who believes “A scrap is just food you haven’t figured out how to use.” With her first book, The Nimble Cook, Ronna Welsh will take cooks from “there’s nothing to eat” to spectacular dishes. Instead of shopping for a rigid weekly menu, a nimble cook shops for ingredients, and thinks of them as springboards to many dishes, some unplanned.$50, 7p

MENU Poached Garlic in Brown Butter with Flaky Salt, Handmade Water Crackers, Braised and Pickled Kale Stems Early Spring Vegetables in Cheese Stock with Fresh Herbs Whole Roasted Market Fish with Pickled Garlic Vinaigrette Ricotta Custard with Dried Lemon Honey and Balsamic Figs

Friday / 12Trivia Night: Rights of Spring

with Archive on Parade

Spring! Blooms! Resurrections! Alright! Expect categories to be various, beer innumerable, arancine aplenty. Expect flowers and decorations and we will hopefully deliver! There will be three rounds + a lightning round, but only one epic trophy. Win Beer! Win Rice Balls! Win Cookies! Study up Renaissance man style!!!!!!!! Show up as a team, or swing by solo-- all are welcome! With Quizmaster Lucie Levine of Archive on Parade. All topics covered, not just food! 4 people max per team!2 drink minimum!

 8p

Saturday / 13An Elaborate FIKA CLASS

with Two Swedish Cookbook Authors

Come join authors Johanna Kindvall and Anna Brones at Archestratus for a traditional Swedish kafferep workshop. Fika is a daily coffee + baked treat ritual in Sweden, and Kafferep, almost like fika, is a more elaborate coffee gathering with several baked goods, friends, and family.For this class, everyone will get hands-on experience making traditional Swedish cardamom buns, a decadent chocolate cake, and buttery nutmeg cookies. Afterward, we shall all sit down and have a proper Kafferep!

$75, 6

p

Wednesday / 17Ken Wiss Makes a Curry!

Hang out with chef Ken Wiss for one night only and finally get a taste of Spring with some Asian curry and a lot of vegetables. His first cooking job was at Marlow & Sons, and eventually, he became the chef there, as well as at Diner.

$50,

 7p

TO STARTa plate full of Seasonal Vegetablessome cooked and some notsome spicy and some pickledCURRY withFried FishSpinach FrittataCrispy RiceTO FINISHCookies and Fruit

Thursday / 18A Brick Lane Bangladeshi Dinner with author Dina Begum

Join us for a dinner of bold Bangladeshi flavors with London's Dina Begum who's cooking up a three-course meal inspired by her new BRICK LANE COOKBOOK and Bangladeshi heritage.

$50,

 7p

MENU  CHOTPOTI – classic Bangladeshi snack of potato + chickpeas in a spicy tamarind sauce. Topped with onions, tomato, cucumber, grated eggs + crispy pastry

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BIYE BARIR ROAST - translated as 'wedding feast roast chicken,' this dish is based on my mother's recipe. Pan-fried chicken pieces are slow cooked in a rich gravy of caramelized onions, green chillies + spices

VEGETABLE NIRAMISHA - seasonal vegetables cooked with turmeric, cumin + Bangla five spice

SHADA PULAO - basmati rice cooked with ghee, aromatic spices, ginger + onions

BANGLA SALAD - red onions, cucumber, tomatoes + coriander

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GAJORER PAYESH - carrot rice pudding enriched with milk, ghee + warming spices such as cinnamon + cardamom, finished with chopped nuts + raisins

And join our friends at MOFAD the night before:

Wednesday / 17 at MOFAD A Tale of Two Cities: Exploring Immigrant Foodways in London and New York City!

Join Dina Begum and Naz Riahi as they celebrate the publication of Dina Begum’s The Brick Lane Cookbook, and compare the relationships between the immigrant experience, marketplaces, and food in these two major world cities, as well as in their own experiences. An informal reception featuring bites from the cookbook, and book signing to follow.

$20,

 6:30p

Friday / 19Book Party! Food of the Italian Southwith Katie Parla

Come join Katie Parla, acclaimed culinary journalist and foremost authority on Italy, to celebrate her latest cookbook FOOD of the ITALIAN SOUTH: Recipes for Classic, Disappearing, and Lost Dishes.Food of the Italian South goes where no English language cookbook has gone before and delves deeply into the culinary traditions of the Italian South, a region best known for its rustic and romantic cuisine. Parla shares both historical and cultural insights that encapsulate the miles of rugged beaches, sheep-dotted mountains, meditatively quiet towns, and, most important, soul-satisfying recipes—some of which are true to the originals and others that have been reimagined in a modern way.A conversation and Q + A will be led by Gustiamo's spirited Beatrice Ughi. Book signing to follow. Tickets include a copy of Food of the Italian South + book inspired treats.

$30,

 7p

Wednesday / 24Cookbook Club:The Nimble Cook

Cook through The Nimble Cook by Ronna Welsh during the month of APRIL and drop by with your favorite dish on APRIL 24th—all are welcome! It's a potluck party! It's mad civilized! It gives us a monthly dose of hope for the universe! Come by Archestratus to pick up the book for 20% off now.

FREE, 7p

Thursday / 25Our Sicilian Vegan Dinner

An evening of Sicilian, family-style food inspired by Nonna. Three courses cooked by Archestratus owner Paige Lipari. Si, one of those courses is dessert.Due to high demand, there are two seatings for dinner. Please choose your arrival time for either 6:30 or 8:30p, and thank you thank you grazie for arriving promptly.

Beer and Wine for sale.No No No BYOB.

$30

Sunday / 28Greenpoint Cat Club

If you are passionate about the welfare of our neighborhood cats, join us for Greenpoint Cat Club, a new monthly meet-up group at Archestratus. Let's come together to try and understand the complex and emotional issues relating to outdoor cats, combat cat overpopulation, and keep local cats safe and healthy. Sign up to get Cat Club Newsletters here.FREE, 12p

“Dinner alone is one of life’s pleasures. Certainly cooking for oneself reveals man at his weirdest. People lie when you ask them what they eat when they are alone. A salad, they tell you. But when you persist, they confess to peanut butter and bacon sandwiches deep fried and eaten with hot sauce, or spaghetti with butter and grape jam.” 

--Laurie Colwin