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 No. 1 →  Friend, artist, home cook, and Archestratus collaborator Daniel Zender gifts us his delicious RAMP PESTO every year. (We are fortunate.) This ramp season he made a ton, so now it's your chance to grab some for your very own quick weekend meal. It's so good. He'll be slinging his ramp pesto haul from 12 to 3p at the shop! If weather permits, you will find him outside on the porch. 

 No. 2 →  Emma Hearst is a pretty fascinating and accomplished person. First off, she's a Hearst Hearst. She co-opened up a Nonna-style Italian restaurant Sorella at only 21. She received a Rising Star Chef James Beard nomination I 2012. Eventually she moved back to her home region of upstate NY and started Forts Ferry Farm. Now, there is a new farm store, and finally, a beautiful cookbook. Come hear her chat with another accomplished human: cookbook author Odette Williams.  $5 or a book  A peek at the farm store: 

 No. 3 →  We did an event with Michelle T. King for Fu Pei-Mei on Monday, another with the ladies of Kismet on Tuesday, our screenwriting class was on Wednesday, and we had a Bangladeshi potluck with Dina Begum on Thursday. What a week :)  

 No. 4 →  Happy Birthday week to Arthur Russell: Matt Marble returns to the shop!   Join us for a very special lecture exploring the notebooks of cellist, composer, and musician Arthur Russell. In Matt Marble's book Buddhist Bubblegum: Esotericism in the creative process of Arthur Russell (Coolgrove Press), he dives deep into the mystery of Arthur Russell and offers an unprecedented exploration into his lifelong Vajrayana Buddhist practice.

The evening will take place just days after what would have been Arthur's 73rd birthday and on the Flower Moon (growth, discovery, finding oneself.) Marble will focus on Russell's specific processes and practices derived from his notebooks, but more specifically those glimpsed on the album World of Echo, our personal favorite, and will possibly be featuring some lunar ones... $5 or a book

No. 5  →  Mom's love us. Come by with your mama this weekend. We are mom store. 

No. 6  →

  Shopping small is vital because if you do not shop small everything you love about living in Greenpoint will cease to exist. Think about it. POOF!  So, si si, we donated gift cards towards a few grand prizes which means prizes are involved. Alas, we are not on the map. This very much might have been our fault (we have not had time to check the receipts.) Either way, you should write us in on the map with a lil bit of your blood and go to the other places, too! Yay! Starts the 11th and goes to the 19th. 

No. 7  →  Thank you 

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A   R A R E   S E L E C T I O N

Mary and Vincent Price's Come into the Kitchen Cookbook / $55

Hardcover / The well-known actor and seasoned gourmet invites families to come together in the heart of every home — the kitchen — with another fabulous guide to cooking. Vincent Price and his wife, Mary, authors of the classic A Treasury of Great Recipes, turn their attention to four centuries of traditional American dishes in this charming cookbook. Starting with the chowder, stewed cod, and hasty pudding of early America, the collection ranges through scrapple, apple pandowdy, and other regional favorites of the nineteenth century to the recipes of modern America, from vichyssoise to corned beef cheeseburgers to cherries jubilee.

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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  → For your pleasure: German musician Blixa Bargeld of the band Einstürzende Neubauten makes risotto.

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 C L A S S WED MAY to JUN 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. SOLD OUT 

 A U T H O R   E V E N T TUE MAY 14 Join us for a very special evening in celebration of Flavors from the Farm: Vegetable-Forward Food to Share. Author Emma Hearst will be joined in conversation by fellow cookbook author Odette Williams.  From acclaimed chef Emma Hearst, Flavors from the Farm celebrates fresh food from her Upstate New York farmstead with 100+ flavor-forward recipes from the garden. $5 or book 

 V E R Y  S E C R E T  F I L M  C L U B THUR MAY 16 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 force you to discuss it with us for at least 15 to 30 minutes, depending. There will be snacks and drinks for sale. Come! It's life affirming, etc. Free, Drinks + Snacks for sale 

Z O O M   A U T H O R   E V E N T SUN MAY 19 Join us for a very special conversation with author Fadi Kattan. Fadi lives and works Bethlehem, so he will be joining us over Zoom. The talk will be moderated by Professor Nevine Abraham of Carnegie Mellon University. Save the date and preorder a book today. $5 or book

 C O O K B O O K   C L U B TUES MAY 21 IT IS SIMPLE: Cook your way through The Jewish Holiday Table in MAY and drop by with a dish on TUESDAY MAY 21st! 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 MAY 23 Happy Birthday week to Arthur Russell: Matt Marble returns to the shop!

  Join us for a very special lecture exploring the notebooks of cellist, composer, and musician Arthur Russell. In Matt Marble's book Buddhist Bubblegum: Esotericism in the creative process of Arthur Russell (Coolgrove Press), he dives deep into the mystery of Arthur Russell and offers an unprecedented exploration into his lifelong Vajrayana Buddhist practice. $5 or book 

 P O E T R Y    T A B L E  TUE MAY 28 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 

 B O O K B O O K   C L U B THUR MAY 30 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 How to Cook a Wolf by MFK Fisher and join us IN PERSON in May. Free, Books for sale 

 A U T H O R   E V E N T THUR JUN 13 Join us for a very special evening in honor of Islas: A Celebration of Tropical Cooking―125 Recipes from the Indian, Atlantic, and Pacific Ocean Islands. Author, food historian, and Emmy Award-winning documentarian Von Diaz will be joined in conversation by chef to the chefs Woldy Reyes of Woldy Kusina.  $5 or book 

 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.

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