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  Panettone Preorders are Now Open. This is our favorite one: Leonardi Balsamic Panettone with Sour Cherry. It's a show stopper. Procure above! 

A new Acetaia Leonardi creation. A buttery dome-shaped rich brioche bread Panettone that instead of having the usual candied fruit and nuts, is studded with Italian candied sour cherries and once baked, injected with a rich and succulent Balsamic Vinegar cream.

 No. 2 →  In one week: still a few tickets left for this book event / PASTRY POP-UP where everyone gets a box of six different pastries from some of your favorite bakers like Danielle of Win Son Bakery and Abi from the Mayumu Cookbook.  

No. 3  →

  We are going to announce a bake sale for Palestine very soon. If you are interested in signing up to bake (newsletter exclusive) please do so here.  

 No. 4 →  We now offer SAME DAY FLAT RATE DELIVERY on our website!  Order before 1:30p to get it the same day Monday - Friday. Our website has everything. Order 2 loaves of fresh bread, three new cookbooks, a bunch of tinned fish, a stuffed animal, a few greeting cards, a bottle of olive oil, and a sandwich all for $8 bucks.  

No. 5  →

  We are able to get delicious Oink and Gobble pasture raised turkeys this year in time for Thanksgiving. Very limited amounts! Preorder here.  

No. 6  →  This Tuesday! Come join our new poetry writing group led by writer Ariela Gittlen! We need some structure and accountability over here, how about you? 

No. 7  →

  Even though we have closed our cafe side, we are still making sandwiches daily. Come grab one! 

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  → Don't forget to preorder your turkey and definitely watch the short film Carving Magic before Thanksgiving!  "'Al,' played by Harvey Korman, likes to 'rib' Charlie about his inability to carve meat. But it's Charlie's virtuoso performance carving a turkey that makes everyone want to learn his meat cutting secrets." 

our upcoming events + happenings

 C O O K I N G   C L A S S FRI NOV 10  Learn to prepare a full seasonal Sicilian meal with the cook/owner of Archestratus Paige Lipari. Come ready to cook a bunch of dishes, stay long enough to mangia, and leave with some delicious recipes in hand. 

 C O M M U N I T Y   G R O U P TUE NOV 14 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. 

 A U T H O R   E V E N T THUR WED 15 Join us at the shop as we celebrate the charismatic Rose Wilde and her beautiful new book that will make you fall in love with (ya heard us)...grains! Rose will be joined in conversation by friend of Arch and award winning baker Caroline Schiff, as well as a very impressive team of baker friends who will be providing an EPIC SPREAD of BAKED GOODS. Finally, a Q + A and a signing. Beverages for sale.

 B O O K B O O K   C L U B THUR NOV 16  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 Centering by M.C. Richards and join us IN PERSON in November.

 P R E O R D E R   Y O U R   H O L I D A Y SAT/SUN NOV 18/19 Look no further for pasture raised turkey for your holiday table! Leave a $50 deposit with us today and pay the difference upon pickup. Pickups will be on SATURDAY NOV 18th and SUNDAY NOV 19th during store hours and is first come first served.

 B O O K   L A U N C H SAT NOV 18 Please join us in celebrating the launch of Eating Alone: Essays & Reflections,an anthology of works by 19 writers published by Clotheslines Press. A selection of authors will read, and we will eat, drink and be merry. This event is free and open to the public and copies of the anthology will be for sale.

 C O O K B O O K    C L U B SUN NOV 19 Join us on a Sunday noon at the shop for a celebratory potluck (bring a dish!) and Q + A with the Sicilian national treasure herself, Fabrizia Lanza of the Anna Tasca Lanza Cooking School. 

 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. 

 C O O K I N G   C L A S S FRI DEC 1  In 3 friggin hours I will teach you how to make killer rainbow cookies! A hands-on, fun-filled experience that engages all your senses (and, in turn, affirms what it is to be alive, etc...)

  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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