Archie Weekly

MARCH

Wednesday / 4

Let Us Taste the Olive Oil with a Mr. Rolando Beramendi

Rolando Beramendi is coming to Archestratus! Join author, importer, and connoisseur of the finest ingredients from Italy as he chats it up with Archestratus owner, Paige Lipari, about all things Italian olive oil.  Tickets include a tasting of these many fine olive oils, plus a cheesy bread with greens (Fettunta col Cavolo Nero) from the Autentico Cookbook by Rolando Beramendi, and nice bites of Archestratus olive oil cake.  $10, 6:30p FEW TICKETS LEFT and this is going to be a blast... 

Thursday / 5

See You on Thursday with Sam Sifton + Carla Lalli Music

SOLD OUT

Saturdays + Sundays

BookBallz Happy Hour

  Eating amongst the books feels right. Thus, we are frying up a new arancine EVERY WEEKEND from opening until we run outta ballz. NY MAG THINKS THEY ARE THEE BEST. Free with the purchase of any NEW Cookbook. But yes—buy a new cookbook, get a ball!  $4.50+ 

Thursday / 12

'Salt Smoke Time' Turns One with Will and Julie Horowitz, plus an esteemed panel of guests

Come join chef, forager, fisherman, naturalist, and fearless explorer Will Horowitz for a panel discussion and Q + A on Finding a Sustainable Future by Looking Deep Into Nature + Tradition.    In case you missed it, Salt Smoke Time: Homesteading and Heritage Techniques for the Modern Kitchen is brilliant and explores ideas of self-reliance, sustainability, and seasonality, illuminating our connection to the natural world and the importance of preserving American stories and food traditions.    To celebrate the one year publication anniversary, Will will be joined in conversation by founder and CEO of AgriForaging Food Safety's Nicole Day, Sunday Hospitality's Jaime Young, Blue Hill's Culinary Director Trevor Swope, and co-owner of Duck's Eatery (and Will's sister) Julie Horowitz.    Tickets include an arancine inspired by the book. Drinks + books for sale on premises.

$5, 6:30p

Friday / 13

Our Sicilian Vegan Dinner with Paige

SOLD OUT

Wednesday / 18 

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Sam Pink Performs The Ice Cream Man; Cometh.

Come join cult-favorite writer Sam Pink for an exclusive reading from his new collection of stories that delve into the gritty lives of those so often unseen in fiction: kitchen staff, dropouts, abuse victims, working-class addicts. 

  The reading will have an audio-visual component followed by amoderated conversation, Q + A, arancine situ, icecream situ, and a signing of his new book The Ice Cream Man & Other Stories. Drinks for sale.

$5, 7p

Thursday / 19 

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CookBook Club: Jubilee: Recipes from Two Centuries of African American Cooking by Toni Tipton-Martin

  Cook through Jubilee: Recipes from Two Centuries of African American Cooking by Toni Tipton-Martin during the months of FEB + MARCH and drop by with your favorite dish on MARCH 18th—all are welcome! It's a potluck party! It's mad civilized! It gives us a monthly dose of hope for the universe! Come by Archestratus to pick up the book for 20% off now.  FREE, 7p 

Wednesday / 25

An Open Kitchen with the Inspired Susan Spungen

An open kitchen, whether physical or spiritual, is a place to welcome company, to enjoy togetherness and the making of a meal.    Let us come together and join the prolific cook, stylist, recipe developer and cookbook author Susan Spungen on this very special evening. Details to come.

  $10 to $35, 6:30p 

Friday / 27

Our Sicilian Dinner with Paige

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. No, this dinner is not vegan-friendly.  $35

Sunday / 29

Astrological FareCasts with Vanessa Hardy

We begin our Astrological FareCasts series in the sign of Aries, the very start of the Zodiac.

  What to expect: A fifteen minute personal horoscope reading (send us your birthday with the day, month, year, time and location), a full, happy plate of vegetarian fare for lunch made by us, and a zine to take home written by Vanessa about the connection between food and astrology.

Menu to come.  $40

Tuesday / 31

Tea + Symphony: A Sound Bath with Verdant Vibration

Let us make space to be in each other's company. We are moved to present an evening of open conversation, healing sounds, and soothing tea.  Longtime friend of the shop, Grace Osborne, is a healing arts practitioner from Pasadena, California. Her practice includes sound baths, soundwalks, card divination, and bodywork informed by Usui Reiki and Romiromi.  The evening includes a 30 minute sound bath, a salon discussion around what healing means to us as a community, and a warm cup of homemade masala chai.  $30, 7p

APRIL

First Class:

Wednesday / 1

Breaking Into Food Writing with Devra Ferst

Join us this winter for a 6-week intensive course on breaking into the food writing world led by veteran food writer and editor Devra Ferst.  We’ll cover matching the tone of a publication, honing the angle of a story, and pitching. Plus, writing functional yet entertaining recipe headnotes, concise and smart maps and guidebook entries, and more styles of writing that will help you get your byline out there.  Classes will include reading and writing assignments, as well as individual feedback. For any questions about the class, reach out to [email protected].  $550. 6:30p

Thursday / 9

BookBook Club: Cork Dork: A Wine-Fueled Adventure Among the Obsessive Sommeliers, Big Bottle Hunters, and Rogue Scientists Who Taught Me to Live by Bianca Bosker

    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 CORK DORK in MARCH and join us on APRIL 9! Drop by the shop to get a copy for 20% off.  FREE, 7p