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  Would you like to eat things that are not nonsense?

It is simple: secure a curated mystery assortment of absolutely delicious and exquisite foods and restore a little faith in the universe.

Items will vary from month to month, but you can always expect everything to be of the highest order with quality ingredients that are mostly from Italy, made with the utmost discernment, and, as much as possible, values of sustainability.

Speciality items will vary, but we will always include a new harvest olive oil (as we are olive oil freaks.) You will very likely also receive: a tinned fishy, a fun pasta shape, a delightful sweet, a funky vinegar, and so many culinary treasures in between.  

You don't have to commit to a subscription. We don't love those -- they aren't realistic, etc! Grab one whenever you desire a culinary spark of inspiration in your life. Whenever you are in town. Whenever you have someone special coming over. Whenever you have a lot of birthday's to go to that month. Whenever it works for you! 

*Starting on FEB 15. Preorder today.

  As far as pricing goes, expect them to reflect about 20% off each item if you were to purchase them outside of this bundle. SO, if you are at the $99 tier, items would usually amount to around $125. Does this make sense? 

Pick up your items at the shop, have them hand delivered, or have them shipped anywhere in the US out on February 15th. All those options happen at checkout. 

  We are THRILLED to curate this. We really hope it resonates and makes sense and hope you can feel the love springing forth from our belly into your belly. Apologies for that image. Okie, see you at the shop!

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  Happy New Year!!! Our next newsletter will have five or six new event announcements, so stay tuned :) 

 No. 3 →  Our latest Cookbook Club and BookBook Club pics! More details below.  

No. 4  →

  We are selling the OLIVA refrigerator and have moved everything into the ANGELINA! Do you know anyone who needs a big beautiful open merchandiser fridge? It is in excellent working condition. Email [email protected] for more details or reply to this email... 

No. 5  →  We are always looking to host community groups. Reach out! 

No. 6  →  Jordan Sondler is back and doing Pet Portraits just in time for Valentine's Day!  

no spring chicken!

A   R A R E   S E L E C T I O N

The Best of Baghdad Cooking with Treats from Teheran by Daisy Iny / $200

Hardcover

Interior in Very Good condition

Dust jacket in Very Good condition

First Edition 

1976

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 → Watch Milk: Through a Glass Darkly BookBook Club author/musician/artist Peter Blegvad perform his pop song How Beautiful You Are on TopPop circa 1983...

latest archie playlist!

our upcoming events + happenings

 C O M M U N I T Y   G R O U P TUE JAN 30 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. 

 C O O K B O O K   C L U B THUR FEB 1 IT IS SIMPLE: Cook your way through Tenderheart by Hetty McKinnon in JANUARY and drop by with a dish on THURSDAY FEB 1st! 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!

 L O C A L   A R T I S T SAT FEB 10 LIVE PET PORTRAITS for VALENTINE's with Jordan Sondler. FIRST COME, FIRST SERVED! Come by the shop with a photo of your darling pet. The lovely Jordan Sondler can't wait to honor them with her artistic gifts. Portraits are $50. 11 - 4p

 B O O K B O O K   C L U B THUR FEB 29 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 MILK: Through a Glass Darkly and join us IN PERSON on leap year.

 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.

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: