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  HOLIDAY HOURS:  DEC 16 - DEC 23 OPEN 9a to 8p  DEC 24 OPEN 7a to 4p  DEC 25 + 26 CLOSED 

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  We offer same day delivery for a flat rate of $8 on orders placed before 1:30p. Everything is shoppable on our easy peasy website. We ship every friggin day! Okie, bye! 

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  We are almost sold out of The Panettone! Grab the last ones if ya wanna! They really are the perfect food item to transport you. 

 No. 4 →  This is our favorite nytimesbestof that has ever been! Make look! Then come by, we are stocked in 'em! 

 No. 5 →  Give the gift of ANDY BARAGHANI!  Andy is back this year and getting personalized exclusively at Archestratus. Order a copy of his cookbook The Cook You Want to be before December 20th and have it sent to you or anyone ya wanna in the country for holiday arrival. You can also pick your copy up at the shop. Preorder here. Books are limited. 

 No. 6 →  O, and there shall be FREE EGGNOG samples this Saturday. We think it's really delicious and just want to share it with you. We got the lil cups, we are ready.  

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  Our Daniel Zender x Archestratus tote and tee are back in stock :) 

no spring chicken!

A   R A R E   S E L E C T I O N

COUSCOUS and OTHER GOOD FOOD FROM MOROCCO by Paula Wolfert / $50

"The Paula Wolfert I know is an adventuress, a sensualist, a perfectionist cook, a highwire kitchen improvizationalist. And this book is the story of her love affair with Morocco." - Gael Green

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our upcoming events + happenings

 C O M M U N I T Y   G R O U P TUE JAN 16 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.

 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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