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 No. 1 →  Where: Archestratus What: Over 100 bakers have signed up. COME EAT. When: Saturday JUN 22 from 1p to 8p Why: Towards a free Palestine How: $$$ to Doctors without Borders    Peek at Sign up sheet HERE. 

 No. 2 →  Our friend Renato wrote a book about Sicilian treats and savories! Come join us in our favorite topic and celebrate him and all his hard work at Ciao, Gloria!  $5 or a book  

 No. 3 →  Check out our new wearable art from Daniel Zender! Coming in July. If you are into it, preordering is helpful to us :) 

 No. 4 →  Two things: We changed our film club night from tonight to next Tuesday, so take note!   and: coming off of the humongous success of our first screenwriting class with Sophie Finkelstein, we've decided to offer it again. We also plan to offer a part two this fall, so you can all continue on your screenwriting journey with supreme guidance and community!  Apply here 

No. 5  →  Wednesday night is Poetry Table with Ariela Gittlen. It is sweet, nourishing, inspiring, and not intimidating. Come, come.  

No. 6  →

  If you are a musician or a performer or a writer or a witch or an artist, we might be interested in having you at the shop. We certainly need you as food media and publishing gets dominated by robots and folks hungry for fame. Email [email protected]. 

No. 7  →  Okie, let's end sweetly. The #ETNAMESS is all summer long, wheeeeeeeee! Here are some pics of the latest ones from this summah... 

no spring chicken!

A   R A R E   S E L E C T I O N

La Methode An Illustrated Guide to the Fundamental Techniques of Cooking by Jacques Pepin

 / $125

HardcoverBasic techniques for cooking everything from appetizers to desserts are fully illustrated, teaching the proper methods for julienne, straining sauces, curing and smoking fish and meat, and other skills essential for the preparation of food that is as appealing to the eyes as it is to the palate. 

Would you like to eat things that are not nonsense? Secure a curated mystery assortment of exquisite foods that restores faith in the universe.

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  → Our Zoom event with Palestinian cookbook author Fadi Kattan of Bethlehem is definitely worth watching. He is brilliant.

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our upcoming events + happenings

 P O E T R Y    T A B L E  WED JUN 19 Love to write poetry and want a place to workshop it? Come join POETRY TABLE, a low stakes environment for your experiments, a place to meet fellow writers in the hood, and a way to establish a regular practice. Hosted by poet Ariela Gittlen. Free 

 C L A S S TUE JULY to AUG Ever had an idea for a screenplay but have no idea where to start? If so, this class is for you!

Local hero and screenwriting professor Sophie Finkelstein will introduce you to the craft of screenwriting and take you through an exploration into the universal art of storytelling. NEW PART ONE ADDED. PART TWO THIS FALL. 

 B A K E   S A L E SAT JUN 22 Calling all #archestratuscommunity BAKERS and EATERS to participate in the BAKE SALE WITHOUT BORDERS No. 2. Last fall, we donated over $4000 to Doctor's without Borders with your participation. Let's do this AND MORE again. There is nothing like putting money directly into the hands of the people who can immediately help.

 V E R Y  S E C R E T  F I L M  C L U B TUE JUN 25 JUN 25 clue: Dust off your pom poms and get happy. Join us at the shop for a community film night! We love film, so does our neighbor, friend, and film professor Sophie Finkelstein, and so we present to you: FILM CLUB. It is simple - we will show a film. Afterwards, we will all discuss it together for 15 to 30 minutes, depending. A few snacks and drinks for sale. Come! It's life affirming, etc. Free, Drinks + Snacks for sale 

 C O O K B O O K   C L U B WED JUN 26 IT IS SIMPLE: Cook your way through Bethlehem in JUNE and drop by with a dish on WEDNESDAY JUNE 26th! All are welcome! It's a potluck party! It's mad civilized! Potlucks with all of you give us a dose of hope for the universe! Free event, Books + Drinks for sale 

 A U T H O R   E V E N T THUR JUN 27 Join us for a very special evening with our friend and author Renato Poliafito as we celebrate DOLCI! American Baking with an Italian Accent: A Cookbook. Renato will be joined in conversation with accomplished cookbook author, and co-author to many of your favorite books, Joshua David Stein. $5 or book 

 B O O K B O O K   C L U B THUR JUL 11 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 Chop Fry Watch Learn: Fu Pei-mei and the Making of Modern Chinese Food by Michelle T. King in June + July and join us IN PERSON on JULY 11!  Free, Books for sale 

 A N O T H E R   B O O K   C L U B MAY/JUN 2024 We are partnering with writer Alicia Kennedy for her May/June pick from The Desk Book Club: The Desk Book Club will be a monthly space for discussion on four different food nonfiction books per year, ranging from memoir to reportage to, in some cases, more academic food studies work. Meetings will be held for Alicia's paid subscribers only. 

  ART NOW ON VIEW / i n   B O O K S HEADS WILL ROLL 

New sculptural objets de art from Daniel Zender.

S O C I A L   C L U B: Join us as we build a community around building community cookbooks! It's the COMMUNITY COOKBOOK COMMITTEE. Learn more here. Want to be a part of the reading/editing/ compiling team that makes this all happen? Email us to be added to the Google Group and we will keep you updated about when these meetings will resume.

PLEASE EMAIL [email protected] IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN HOSTING A COMMUNITY GROUP or HAVING AN EVENT.

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:

rainbow cookie music, etc.