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  We are open today until 7p and have lots of French butter, She Wolf Bread, Italian gifty things, and the best whole chickens to roast!  Closed for Thanksgiving and closed on Black Friday.  

No. 2  →

  The Panettone are here! Feel free to come hold them, shake them, attempt to smell them through the packaging, etc, to figure out which is the right one for you and your loved ones.  

 No. 3 →  SUNDAY at 4p: Over 60 BAKERS have signed up to raise money for Doctors Without Borders. Now we need EATERS. Thank you for coming and for telling all your friends, too! Bake starts at 4pm on Sunday. 

a time capsule of 70's New York jewish diner culture

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On a winter's day in the mid-1970s the photographer Marcia Bricker Halperin sought warm refuge and, camera in hand, passed through the revolving doors of Dubrow's Cafeteria on Kings Highway. There, between the magical mirrored walls and steaming coffee urns, she found herself as if on a theater set, looking out at a tableau of memorable Brooklyn faces. Enchanted, Halperin returned to Dubrow's again and again.  Fast forward forty years later, The Gefilteria is a new kind of food venture launched in 2012 by Liz Alpern and Jeffrey Yokskowitz with a manifesto and a mission to reimagine Eastern European Jewish cuisine. During the holiday season they make and sell artisanal gefilte fish, have written a manifesto/cookbook, lead immersive culinary workshops, and collaborate on dynamic media projects and events (like this one!)

Join us for a very special evening, truly not to be missed, as we celebrate Marcia's incredible book Kibbitz and Nosh: When We All Met at Dubrow's Cafeteria alongside Gefilteria's co-founder Liz Alpern. 

Expect a delicious savory and sweet nosh from Liz herself, a visual presentation by Marcia on her photographs, followed by a conversation between the two. Finally, a Q + A with all of you and a book signing. Beverages for sale. 

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 No. 5 →  Our first poetry table was a huge success. Join us again or for the first time on the 12th.  

No. 6  →

  A last minute event has been added for next week! Join author Nicole Accettola and the amazing David Lebovitz in conversation over this yummy, beautiful book filled with Scandinavian pastry just in time for hygge vibes... 

No. 7  →  HAPPY THANKSGIVING. We couldn't do this without you (we wouldn't wanna do this without you) and we are beyond grateful.  

no spring chicken!

A   R A R E   S E L E C T I O N

THE BALLET COOK BOOK by Tanaquil Le Clercq / $1000

"Tanaquil Le Clercq, the wife of George Ballanchine, was born in Paris and brought to this country at an early age. She won a scholarship to the School of American Ballet at the age of eleven and later danced many leading roles with the NYC Ballet. In 1956, while on a dance tour of Europe, she was stricken with polio, which halted her dancing career. This is a collection of recipes from dancers, along with stories about the dancers and the recipes they donated to the compilation of this book."

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 → In honor of KIBBITZ and NOSH: I'll have what she's having!!!

our upcoming events + happenings

 A U T H O R  +  P O P  U P   E V E N T TUES NOV 28 Join us for a very special evening, truly not to be missed, as we celebrate Marcia's incredible book Kibbitz and Nosh: When We All Met at Dubrow's Cafeteria alongside Gefilteria's co-founder Liz Alpern. 

 A U T H O R   E V E N T THUR NOV 30 Join us for a very special evening as we celebrate Scandinavian from Scratch: A Love Letter to the Baking of Norway, Denmark, and Sweden. Author Nichole Accettola is an American chef who has lived in Copenhagen, Denmark for over a decade. She recently moved back to the States and is currently looking for a commercial space in San Francisco to house her Scandinavian-inspired eatery, Kantine. She will be joined by one of our absolute favorite writers, all the way from Paris, the amazing David Lebovitz.

 C O M M U N I T Y   G R O U P TUE DEC 12 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. 

 B O O K B O O K   C L U B DATE TBA Every six-ish weeks we read a new memoir, a collection of essays, novels, or anything else we find interesting that somehow, in a big or small way, relates to food. Then we discuss. Read through What's for Dinner? and join us IN PERSON in January.

  C O M M U N I T Y   M E D I T A T I O N SAT DEC 2 Vanessa will give a 15 to 20 minute talk about the connection between food and the present astrology. What ingredients can we call in and mangia during this powerful Sagittarius season? She will then, holding all this food wisdom in mind, lead a short 20ish-minute meditation. 

 A N O T H E R   B O O K   C L U B JAN/FEB 2024 We are partnering with writer Alicia Kennedy for her January/February 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.

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