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No. 1  →    Mangia your Sunday Lunch with us! As of yesterday, our kitchen is no longer under dusty construction!  

  We have a savory/flaky/crumbly Ricotta Purslane Pie, a CSA Salad + Arancine.  Join us next weekend for sandwiches, eggplant parm, fresh salads + more! 

No. 2  →   We often get asked what the best way to support the shop is and we always say it's through buying tickets to future events.  Buy a dinner, class, gift card, or make a donation.  If you are interested in investing on a larger scale, email [email protected]. We are so grateful.   A HUGE WARM THANK YOU  to everyone who has reached out and invested so far. We are extremely moved by your generosity and can't wait to welcome you into the new space. 

No. 3  →   We have a few Bodhitree Produce Bags left! Make this Chamoe Melon/Shiso salad. S+P, Evoo+Vin and done. 

  We also have lots of a la carte produce by the pound including: 

 Shishito Peppers ♦ Zucchini ♦ Japanese Eggplant ♦ Red Peppers ♦ Red Gold Potatoes ♦ Sugar Plums ♦ Apricots ♦ Peaches ♦ Wax Beans + more 

No. 4  →   Enjoy this interview on Grub Street about the expansion, the year we just had, and more!

CLIPPED of the WEEK

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  → Just learning that Za'atar is an herb you can grow and not a spice blend?? ...Now obsessing over plant videos. Apparently, she does ok in winter?! Enjoy.

COMMUNITY COOKBOOK COMMITEE

GENERAL BODY MEETING* NEXT DATE TBA *Join us as we build a community around building community cookbooks! Our community cookbooks will be collections of recipes, art, essays, etc. submitted by members of the Archestratus community. We will employ the pamphlet/zine model of quick and urgent production to fundraise as much $$$ and share as much info to our friends and neighbors as possible! Look out for our first issue Fire, Cook with Us in the not-so-distant future! Learn more here. Want to be a part of the reading/editing/compiling team that makes this all happen? Issue one is well underway and we have things for anyone that wants to do them! Email us to be added to the Google Group.

COMMUNITY HANGS

FOOD ALONE WAS NOT ENOUGHALL the WEDNESDAYS → 8p to 9pHere is a virtual space for us to share on a weekly basis. We miss you and we want to know how you are. The big concept of these meetings is that we all get to be together again!

If it's Wednesday, head over at 8pm to this Zoom link. 

COOKBOOK CLUB

  A YEAR IN REVIEW THURS SEPT TBA → 7p to 8:15p  Cook through one of this past year's Cookbook Club titles (see above!) during August & September and drop by the shop with your favorite dish on to be determined Thursday in September — all are welcome! It's a potluck party! It's mad civilized! It gives us a monthly dose of hope for the universe! 

DISCOUNT CODE on ANY TITLE :) CLICK HERE FOR: EVENT LINK

BOOKBOOK CLUB

  THE ARCHEOLOGY OF A GOOD RAGU by John Domini WED AUG 25 → 7p to 8:15p  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. Read through The Archeology of A Good Ragu Discovering Naples, My Father & Myself by John Domini through JULY and AUGUST and join us in the shop on AUG 25TH!

BUY THE BOOK for 20% off  CLICK HERE FOR: EVENT LINK

ALL DOMANI's PARTIES

HOW IT WORKS →By purchasing a ticket FROM THE FUTURE you now have first dibs on this (as far as we can predict) Fall/Winter 2021 event at the shop. When the time is right and the dates are set, we will be in touch about scheduling your event. We will make several evenings available to choose from so you don't have to worry about not being able to make it on a certain date. There is no expiration to redeem. 

A Timballo Dinner from the FUTURE  We used to make Timballo up the wazoo! 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. Big winter salad, massive slice of Timballo, something sweet to finish.

An In Person Rainbow Cookie Class from the FUTURE  In 3 friggin hours I will teach you how to make killer rainbows and you'll go home with a dozen of them! Looking forward to seeing all you there :) Ingredients + cawfee + and an arancine to snack on included.  Each class will be limited to 10 people.

A Sicilian Vegan Night from the FUTURE  An evening of Sicilian, family-style food inspired by Nonna. Three-ish courses cooked by Archestratus owner Paige Lipari. Big salad, somethin' else, and something else with other things, and something sweet to finish.

A Sicilian Dinnah from the FUTURE  An evening of Sicilian, family-style food inspired by Nonna. Three-ish courses cooked by Archestratus owner Paige Lipari. Big salad, somethin' else, and something else with other things, and something sweet to finish.

   A Dinner with a Pop-Up Chef from the FUTURE  An evening of incredible food likely inspired by somebody's grandmother! Three-ish courses cooked by one of our incredible pop-up chefs TBD! 

An In Person Arancine Class from the FUTURE   In 2 friggin hours I will teach you how to make killer arancine and you'll go home with a bunch of them! Looking forward to seeing all of you there :) Ingredients + lotsa glasses of beer and wine included.  Each class will be limited to 10 people. BYO italian accent.

A Gift Card from the FUTURE  Treat this card as CASH. Gift cards are delivered by email and contain instructions to redeem them at checkout. Our gift cards have no additional processing fees. O, and it's not really from the future, you may use it immediately. Thank you so much for your support!

  A Chicken Parm Dinner from the FUTURE  An evening of Sicilian, family-style food inspired by Nonna. Three-ish courses cooked by Archestratus owner Paige Lipari. Big salad, somethin' else, a nice slab of parm with spaghetti, and something sweet to finish.

  An Eggplant Parm Dinner from the FUTURE  An evening of Sicilian, family-style food inspired by Nonna. Three-ish courses cooked by Archestratus owner Paige Lipari. Big salad, somethin' else, a nice slab of parm with spaghetti, and something sweet to finish.

We'll be back soon. In the meantime, listen to our latest food-filled Spotify Playlist, or subscribe + watch our YouTube Channel + this here video: